Microwave and Terahertz wave sensing with metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 21620-21626

  Tao, Hu ^a   Kadlec, Emil A ^b   Strikwerda, Andrew C ^c   Fan, Kebin ^a   Padilla, Willie J ^d   Averitt, Richard D ^c   Shaner, Eric A ^b   Zhang, X ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY AGILITY; METAMATERIALS; NANOCANTILEVERS; RING GAGES; TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTORS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

BI-MATERIAL CANTILEVER; FAR-INFRARED DETECTION; LOCAL HEATING; MECHANICAL DEFLECTION; SINGLE PIXEL; SPLIT RING RESONATOR; VISIBLE LIGHT;

PIXELS;

EID: 80054888664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.021620     Document Type: Article

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