Broadband terahertz circular polarizers with single- and double-helical array metamaterials

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

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-23

  Li, ShengXi ^a   Yang, ZhenYu ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Zhao, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

ANTENNA THEORY; BROADBAND TERAHERTZ; CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DOUBLE HELIX; DOUBLE HELIX STRUCTURE; DOUBLE-HELICAL; METAL WIRES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; TERA HERTZ;

METAMATERIALS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 79751500631     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.28.000019     Document Type: Article

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