Design of a one-dimensional electromagnetic transparent wall

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2237-2243

  Mei, Zhong Lei ^a,b   Niu, Tiao Ming ^a   Bai, Jing ^a   Cui, Tie Jun ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANISOTROPIC SLABS; ANTIREFLECTION FILMS; CLASSICAL METHODS; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PARAMETERS; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; INCIDENT WAVES; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MATERIAL PARAMETER; PIECEWISE-CONTINUOUS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS; TRANSPARENT WALLS;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 77957869456     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.002237     Document Type: Article

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