Broadband electromagnetic transparency by graded metamaterials: Scattering cancellation scheme

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 994-1001

  Sun, L ^a   Yu, K W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FREQUENCY BANDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METAMATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPHERES;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; DRUDE MODELS; ELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; EXACT ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS; HYPERGEOMETRY; LOSSLESS; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MIE THEORY; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 79959239203     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000994     Document Type: Article

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