Comparison of birefringent electric split-ring resonator and meanderline structures as quarter-wave plates at terahertz frequencies

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-149

  Strikwerda, Andrew C ^a   Fan, Kebin ^b   Tao, Hu ^b   Pilon, Daniel V ^a   Zhang, Xin ^b   Averitt, Richard D ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; FABRICATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; POLARIZATION; RESONATORS; RING GAGES; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

DESIGN FREQUENCIES; DOUBLE LAYERS; MEANDER LINE STRUCTURE; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; QUARTER WAVE-PLATE; SINGLE LAYER; SPLIT RING RESONATOR; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ACOUSTICS; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY; RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 58649102043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.000136     Document Type: Article

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