Controlling Gigahertz and Terahertz Surface ElectromagneticWaves with Metamaterial Resonators

Physical Review X

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Chen, W C ^a   Mock, J J ^b   Smith, D R ^b   Akalin, D R ^c   Padilla, W J ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Optoelectronics; Plasmonics

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE GAPS; DYNAMIC RANGE; GOUBAU LINE; HIGH BANDWIDTH; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; NARROW BANDS; PLASMONICS; SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; TERAHERTZ COMMUNICATION; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ SURFACES; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; TRANSMISSIVITY;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RESONATORS;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84859788833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.1.021016     Document Type: Article

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