MEMS based structurally tunable metamaterials at terahertz frequencies

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 580-595

  Tao, Hu ^a   Strikwerda, Andrew C ^b   Fan, Kebin ^a   Padilla, Willie J ^c   Zhang, Xin ^a   Averitt, Richard Douglas ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bianisotropic; Bimaterial; Metamaterial; Terahertz; Tuning

Indexed keywords

BI-MATERIAL; BIANISOTROPIC; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; RE-CONFIGURABLE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TUNABILITIES; TUNABLE METAMATERIALS;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 79958222228     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-010-9646-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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