A numerical study on helix nanowire metamaterials as optical circular polarizers in the visible region

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1303-1305

  Yang, Z Y ^a   Zhao, M ^a   Lu, P X ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Optical polarization; superlattices

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; METAL MATERIALS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTICAL POLARIZATION; SILICA SUBSTRATE; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; VISIBLE REGION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METAMATERIALS; NANOWIRES; POLARIZATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SILICA; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUPERLATTICES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77955708100     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2054073     Document Type: Article

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