Double-grating polarizer for terahertz radiation with high extinction ratio

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2066-2071

  Sun, Lin ^a   Lv, Zhi Hui ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Liu, Wei Tao ^a   Yuan, Jian Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EXTINCTION RATIOS; GRATING CONSTANT; HIGH EXTINCTION RATIOS; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; METAL WIRES; TERAHERTZ DOMAINS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; WIRE GRID POLARIZERS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 77955706353     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.002066     Document Type: Article

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