Polarization insensitivity in epsilon-near-zero metamaterial from plasmonic aluminum-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Alisafaee, Hossein ^a   Fiddy, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum doped zinc oxide; epsilon near zero material; localized surface plasmon.; plasmonic metamaterial

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL FILMS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; POLARIZATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; EPSILON-NEAR ZEROS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; NEAR-INFRARED APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLARIZATION INSENSITIVITY;

PLASMONIC METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84892182400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.8.083898     Document Type: Article

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