Interference theory of metamaterial perfect absorbers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 7165-7172

  Chen, Hou Tong ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

FREE SPACES; GROUND PLANES; INTERFERENCE THEORY; METAL STRUCTURES; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; NARROW BANDS; NEAR FIELD INTERACTIONS; OUT OF PHASE; PERFECT ABSORBER; RESONANT RESPONSE; RESONATOR ARRAYS; SURFACE CURRENT; TWO LAYERS;

METAMATERIALS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84859417298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.007165     Document Type: Article

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