Arrays of core-shell nanospheres as 3D isotropic broadband ENZ and highly absorbing metamaterials

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2310-2322

  Goncharenko, A V ^a,b   Venger, E F ^a   Chang, Y C ^b,c   Pinchuk, A O ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL NANOSPHERE;

EID: 84908870407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.4.002310     Document Type: Article

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