An analytical investigation of near-field plates

Metamaterials

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 104-111

  Imani, Mohammadreza F ^a   Grbic, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction limit; Evanescent waves; Focusing; Metamaterials; Near field

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; CYLINDRICAL WAVE; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EVANESCENT WAVE; EVANESCENT WAVES; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; NEAR-FIELD; PERIODIC GRATINGS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; METAMATERIALS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 77955558729     PISSN: 18731988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metmat.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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