Metamaterials in the terahertz regime

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-118

  Withayachumnankul, Withawat ^a,b   Abbott, Derek ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; THz optics

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY VALUES; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; METALLIC STRUCTURES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THZ OPTICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; METAMATERIALS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77956950810     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2026288     Document Type: Article

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