A metamaterial solid-state terahertz phase modulator

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-151

  Chen, Hou Tong ^a   Padilla, Willie J ^b   Cich, Michael J ^c   Azad, Abul K ^a   Averitt, Richard D ^d   Taylor, Antoinette J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND PERFORMANCE; DEVICES AND COMPONENTS; HIGH-SPEED OPERATION; METAMATERIAL DEVICES; NARROW FREQUENCY BAND; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TERAHERTZ APPLICATIONS; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FREQUENCY BANDS; PHASE MODULATION; PLASMONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 61449133151     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.3     Document Type: Article

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