A compact structure for energy localization using a thin grounded left-handed medium slab

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 770-775

  Cheng, Qiang ^a   Cui, Tie Jun ^a   Lu, Wei Bing ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTEGRATION; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL DEVICES; SURFACE WAVES;

ENERGY LOCALIZATION; LEFT-HANDED MEDIUM (LHM); META-MATERIALS; PERFECTLY ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING (PEC);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 14744295820     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000770     Document Type: Article

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