Visible-frequency asymmetric transmission devices incorporating a hyperbolic metamaterial

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xu, Ting ^a,b   Lezec, Henri J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; DIFFRACTION; GENERAL DEVICE; GRATING; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; METAMATERIAL DEVICE; NANOFABRICATION; OPTICS; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84902807900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5141     Document Type: Article

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