Metal slits and liquid crystals at microwave frequencies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1847, 2006, Pages 2733-2746

  Sambles, J Roy ^a   Kelly, Robert ^a   Yang, Fuzi ^b   Smith, N J ^c   Cowling, S J ^d   Lacey, D ^d   Palffy Muhoray, P ^e   Gleeson, H F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHARP LABORATORIES OF EUROPE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Metal slits; Microwaves; Tunable structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750520522     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1850     Document Type: Article

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