Comparison of electromagnetically induced transparency between silver, gold, and aluminum metamaterials at visible wavelengths

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 3526-3537

  Hokari, Ryohei ^a   Kanamori, Yoshiaki ^a   Hane, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84893906540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003526     Document Type: Article

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