Numerical investigation of metamaterials infiltrated by liquid crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1920-1925

  Zhang, Fuli ^a,b   Zhao, Qian ^c   Gaillot, Davy P ^a   Zhao, Xiaopeng ^b   Lippens, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MOLECULES;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC PLASMAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY SHIFT; FREQUENCY VARIATION; INCIDENT BEAMS; LEFT HANDED METAMATERIAL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 59949087561     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001920     Document Type: Article

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