A simple design of an artificial electromagnetic black hole

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lu, Wanli ^a,b   Jin, Junfeng ^b   Lin, Zhifang ^b   Chen, Huanyang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; DESIGN OF COMPOSITES; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODES;

DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION;

STARS;

EID: 77957728816     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3485819     Document Type: Article

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