Subwavelength imaging with composite metamaterials

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1298-1307

  Szabó, Zsolt ^a   Kiasat, Yasaman ^b   Li, Er Ping ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE; COMPOSITE METAMATERIALS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PARAMETERS; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; MAXWELL-GARNETT MIXING; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION; SUBWAVELENGTH IMAGING;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84902244656     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.31.001298     Document Type: Article

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