Elliptical dichroism as an optical mechanism of planar chirality in 2D metamaterials
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X iv :0 90 3. 41 26 v1 [ ph ys ic s. op tic s] 2 4 M ar 2 00 9 Elliptical dichroism as an optical mechanism of planar chirality in 2D metamaterials Sergei V. Zhukovsky,1 Andrey V. Novitsky,2 and Vladimir M. Galynsky2 1Theoretical Nano-Photonics, Institute of High-Frequency and Communication Technology, Faculty of Electrical, Information and Media Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Rainer-Gruenter-Str. 21, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany, [email protected]. 2Department of Theoretical Physics, Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti Ave. 4, 220030 Minsk, Belarus.
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