THz frequency selective surface filters for earth observation remote sensing instruments

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 450-461

  Dickie, Raymond ^a   Cahill, Robert ^a   Fusco, Vincent ^a   Gamble, Harold S ^a   Mitchell, Neil ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency selective surfaces (FSS); liquid crystals; mesh filters; micromachined structures; polarization converter; quasi optical technology; THz filters

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE SURFACES; MESH FILTERS; MICROMACHINED STRUCTURES; POLARIZATION CONVERTER; QUASI-OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; THZ FILTERS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROMACHINING; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

PASSIVE FILTERS;

EID: 80455178785     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2129470     Document Type: Article

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