Experimental realization of an epsilon-near-zero metamaterial at visible wavelengths

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 907-912

  Maas, Ruben ^a   Parsons, James ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b   Polman, Albert ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; ENGINEERED MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; PARALLEL ARRAYS; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; WAVE FRONT SHAPING;

OPTICAL MATERIALS; SILICON NITRIDE;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 84887094877     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.256     Document Type: Article

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