Wave-matter interactions in epsilon-and-mu-near-zero structures

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mahmoud, Ahmed M ^a   Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY; VOLUME;

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84923371263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6638     Document Type: Article

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