Single metafilm effective medium behavior in optical domain: Maxwell–Garnett approximation and beyond

It is empirically shown by numerical modeling that a single metafilm formed by an array of cut wires on a silicon substrate behaves like a homogeneous layer for normal or oblique incidence.

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