Using nanoscale and mesoscale anisotropy to engineer the optical response of three-dimensional plasmonic metamaterials

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ross, Michael B ^a   Blaber, Martin G ^a   Schatz, George C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; METAL;

ARRAY; BIOENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL PROPERTY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS; MESOSCALE ANISOTROPY; NANOSCALE ANISOTROPY; PLASMONIC METAMATERIAL;

EID: 84902504615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5090     Document Type: Article

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