Electrically tunable terahertz notch filters

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-332

  Vieweg, N ^a   Born, N ^a   Al Naib, I ^a   Koch, M ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Liquid crystals; Switchable terahertz devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; HALF-WAVE; ISOTROPIC LAYERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYERS; SWITCHABLE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ DEVICE; WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE;

BIREFRINGENCE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NOTCH FILTERS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84859806239     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-012-9877-y     Document Type: Article

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