Design and simulation of L-shaped chiral negative refractive index structure

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2011, Pages 395-408

  Li, J ^a   Yang, F Q ^a   Dong, Jian Feng ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL PARAMETERS; CHIRAL STRUCTURES; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED WAVES; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; ELLIPTICITY ANGLE; L-SHAPED; NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; POLARIZATION AZIMUTH ROTATION; REFLECTION SPECTRA; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

DICHROISM; FREQUENCY BANDS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTOMETERS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 79958107642     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11032601     Document Type: Article

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