Omnidirectional bandgaps in Fibonacci quasicrystals containing single-negative materials

Xin-Hua Deng1, Jiang-Tao Liu, Jie-Hui Huang

  • 1School of Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China. xhdengxh@yahoo.com.cn

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