Electronic Materials Letters

, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 125–132 | Cite as

Subwavelength metal optics and antireflection

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Abstract

Over the past decade or so, research in metamaterials has opened up new ways in which to control, manipulate, and utilize electromagnetic radiation. One of these new applications is anti-reflection, or unity absorption, primarily achievable through using thin metamaterial films/surfaces (meta-films) incorporating subwavelength features. This review discusses the theoretical and experimental designs for thin metallic-films, with emphasis on absorption in the infrared and visible wavelengths, as well as future endeavors in a host of applications.

Keywords

impedance-matching metamaterials meta-films anti-reflection 
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© The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials and Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Engineering and Department of PhysicsBrown UniversityProvidenceUSA

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