Improving subwavelength resolution of multilayered structures containing negative-permittivity layers by flatting the transmission curves

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 105, Issue , 2010, Pages 347-364

  Jin, Y ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMAGING STRUCTURE; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY LAYERS; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION; TRANSMISSION CURVE; TRANSVERSE WAVES;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 77955787210     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER10051309     Document Type: Article

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