Broadband gradient index microwave quasioptical elements based on non-resonant metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 21030-21041

  Liu, Ruopeng ^a   Cheng, Qiang ^b   Chin, Jessie Y ^b   Mock, Jack J ^a   Cui, Tie Jun ^b   Smith, David R ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS;

COMPLEX GRADIENT; ELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTRIC RESPONSE; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; GRADIENT INDEX LENS; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; MICROWAVE EXPERIMENTS;

METAMATERIALS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS; PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROWAVES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHYSICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 70749102619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021030     Document Type: Article

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