Topological insulator metamaterials with tunable negative refractive index in the optical region

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Cao, Tun ^a   Wang, Shuai ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Metal insulator metal structures; Metamaterials; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BLUE SHIFT; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INFRARED DEVICES; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METAMATERIALS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

BISMUTH SELENIDE; DIELECTRIC INTERLAYERS; DOUBLE NEGATIVES; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL STRUCTURES; OPTICAL RESPONSE; ORTHORHOMBIC STATE; TUNABLE METAMATERIALS; TUNABLE NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDICES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84891469966     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-526     Document Type: Article

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