Higher extinction ratio circular polarizers with hetero-structured double-helical metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10886-10894

  Yu, Yang ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Li, Shengxi ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EXTINCTION; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; DOUBLE-HELICAL; EXTINCTION RATIOS; OPERATION BANDS;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

EID: 79957601171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010886     Document Type: Article

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