Tunable frequency selective surfaces and negative-zero-positive index metamaterials based on liquid crystals

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1308-1320

  Bossard, Jeremy A ^a   Liang, Xiaotao ^a,b   Li, Ling ^a,c   Yun, Seokho ^a   Werner, Douglas H ^a   Weiner, Brian ^d   Mayer, Theresa S ^a   Cristman, Paul F ^a,e   Diaz, Andres ^a   Khoo, I C ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Laird Technologies   (United States)

^c Applied Wave Research Inc   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency selective surfaces (FSSs); Genetic algorithms (GAs); Liquid crystals (LCs); Metamaterials; Negative index materials (NIMs); Terahertz; Zero index materials (ZIMs)

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; WAVELENGTH;

FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES (FSSS); NEGATIVE INDEX MATERIALS (NIMS); TERAHERTZ; ZERO INDEX MATERIALS (ZIMS);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 44449114152     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.922174     Document Type: Article

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