Near-field signature of electromagnetic coupling in metamaterial arrays: A terahertz microscopy study

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 17283-17292

  Wallauer, Jan ^a   Bitzer, Andreas ^a   Waselikowski, Stefan ^a   Walther, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS;

DENSE ARRAYS; LATTICE MODES; NEAR FIELD IMAGING; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD PATTERN; PLASMONIC; RADIATED FIELD; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SPLIT-RING RESONATOR; STRONG COUPLING; STRONG INTERACTION; TERA HERTZ; TWO-REGIME;

RING GAGES;

EID: 80052198697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017283     Document Type: Article

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