Asymmetric transmission for linearly polarized electromagnetic radiation

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8347-8356

  Kang, Ming ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Cui, Hai Xu ^a   Li, Yongnan ^a   Wang, Hui Tian ^a,b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; METAMATERIALS;

ASYMMETRIC TRANSMISSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSMISSION; LINEAR POLARIZATION; LINEARLY POLARIZED; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; RADIATION PROPAGATION; RECIPROCAL TRANSMISSIONS; SPECIAL STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION MATRIX;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LINEAR MODELS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 79955403226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.008347     Document Type: Article

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