Near-perfect absorption in epsilon-near-zero structures with hyperbolic dispersion

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 7337-7348

  Halterman, Klaus ^a   Elson, J Merle ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

HYPERBOLIC DISPERSION; INCIDENT WAVES; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; NORMAL COMPONENT; POLARIZED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84896991482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.007337     Document Type: Article

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