Terahertz metamaterials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7214, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chen, Hou Tong ^a   O'Hara, John F ^a   Azad, Abul K ^a   Padilla, Willie J ^b   Averitt, Richard D ^c   Taylor, Antoinette J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Modulation; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

BAND PASS; BAND-STOP; DOPING CONCENTRATION; DYNAMICAL CONTROL; MODULATION DEPTH; MODULATION SPEED; OPERATIONAL FREQUENCY; RESONANT RESPONSE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE; SPLIT-RING RESONATOR; TERAHERTZ; ULTRAFAST SWITCHING; VOLTAGE BIAS;

CARRIER LIFETIME; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODULATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOEXCITATION; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 66849130824     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.812052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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