Subwavelength internal imaging by means of a wire medium

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Belov, Pavel ^a   Hao, Yang ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain; Metamaterial; Subwavelength internal imaging; Wire medium

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATOR; CST MICROWAVE STUDIO; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; EVANESCENT WAVE AMPLIFICATION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; FREE SPACE; INTERNAL IMAGING; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SPATIAL HARMONIC; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBWAVELENGTH IMAGING; SUBWAVELENGTH INTERNAL IMAGING; WIRE MEDIUM;

AMPLIFICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METAMATERIALS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

WIRE;

EID: 70349786745     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/7/075101     Document Type: Article

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