Microwaves: Thin metal slits and liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5618, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-14

  Sambles, J Roy ^a   Hibbins, Alastair P ^a   Kelly, Robert J ^a   Suckling, James R ^a   Yang, Fuzi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microwave; Resonant filters; Slit; Sub wavelength aperture; Transmission

Indexed keywords

RESONANT FILTERS; SLITS; SUB-WAVELENGTH APERTURES; TRANSMISSION;

INTERFEROMETERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE SHIFTERS; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; RESONANCE; VECTORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 17644381913     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.580829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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