Terahertz (THz) electromagnetic field enhancement in periodic subwavelength structures

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 791-796

  Gelmont, Boris ^a,b   Parthasarathy, Ramakrishnan ^b   Globus, Tatiana ^b   Bykhovski, Alexei ^b   Swami, Nathan ^b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Edge effect; Spectroscopy; Subwavelength; Terahertz (THz)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROFLUIDICS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EDGE EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; PERIODIC ARRAYS; RECTANGULAR SLOTS; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURE; SUBWAVELENGTH WIDTH; TERAHERTZ (THZ);

MAGNETISM;

EID: 44649104477     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.923222     Document Type: Article

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