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Tunable negative refractive index composite

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NRL

A composite having a stack of a repeating pattern of layers of: a layer of a nonconductive magnetic material, a first layer of a dielectric material; a layer of a semiconducting material; and a second layer of the dielectric material. The composite has a magnetic resonance frequency and a magnetic anti-resonance frequency and a plasma frequency at higher frequencies than the magnetic resonance frequency.

Inventors: 
Rachford, Frederic J.
Patent Number: 
Technical domain: 
Optics
FIle Date: 
2006-04-12
Grant Date: 
2010-06-01
Grant time: 
1,511 days
Grant time percentile rank: 
27
Claim count percentile rank: 
5
Citations percentile rank: 
1
'Cited by' percentile rank: 
1
Assignee: 
US NAVY