Observation of negative refraction of Dirac fermions in graphene

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 925-929

  Lee, Gil Ho ^a,b   Park, Geon Hyoung ^a   Lee, Hu Jong ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON OPTICS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT REFRACTION; METAMATERIALS;

ELECTRONIC COUNTERPARTS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; LEFT HANDED MATERIALS; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY; NEGATIVE REFRACTIONS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; PHASE AND GROUP VELOCITIES; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84947028024     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3460     Document Type: Article

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