Terahertz metamaterial modulators based on absorption

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 119, Issue , 2011, Pages 449-460

  Zhou, H ^a   Ding, F ^a,b   Jin, Yi ^a   He, S L ^a,b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; INCIDENT WAVES; MODULATED SIGNAL; N-DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR; NARROW FREQUENCY BAND; REFLECTED WAVES; TERA HERTZ;

ABSORPTION; FREQUENCY BANDS; METAMATERIALS; MODULATORS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 80052399892     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11061304     Document Type: Article

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