Magnification of subwavelength field distributions using a tapered array of metallic wires with planar interfaces and an embedded dielectric phase compensator

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Palikaras, George ^b   Belov, Pavel A ^b,c   Dubrovka, Rostyslav F ^b   Simovski, Constantin R ^c,d   Hao, Yang ^b   Parini, Clive G ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE TRANSMISSION; METALLIC WIRE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATIONAL BANDWIDTH; PHASE COMPENSATOR; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PLANAR INTERFACE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; THREE-WAVELENGTHS;

WIRE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 78149457899     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/10/103045     Document Type: Article

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