Polarization modulation by tunable electromagnetic metamaterial reflector/absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 23196-23203

  Zhu, Bo ^a   Feng, Yijun ^a   Zhao, Junming ^a   Huang, Ci ^a   Wang, Zhengbin ^a   Jiang, Tian ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; METAMATERIALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

AZIMUTH ANGLES; E-M WAVES; ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR POLARIZATION; MAJOR AXIS; MICROWAVE BANDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POLARIZATION MODULATION; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZED INCIDENT WAVES; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; TUNABLE METAMATERIALS; UNIT CELLS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

EID: 78149378641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.023196     Document Type: Article

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