Optimization and tunability of deep subwavelength resonators for metamaterial applications: complete enhanced transmission through a subwavelength aperture

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 5933-5943

  Alici, Kamil Boratay ^a   Bilotti, Filiberto ^b   Vegni, Lucio ^b   Ozbay, Ekmel ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; METAMATERIALS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE RESONATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE STRENGTHS; SPLIT RING RESONATOR; SUB-WAVELENGTH RESONATORS; SUBWAVELENGTH APERTURES; TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT;

RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 65149083638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005933     Document Type: Article

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