Gradient-index meta-surfaces as a bridge linking propagating waves and surface waves

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 426-431

  Sun, Shulin ^a,b   He, Qiong ^a   Xiao, Shiyi ^a   Xu, Qin ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ANOMALOUS REFLECTION; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; GRADIENT INDEXES; MICROWAVE REGION; NEAR-FIELD CHARACTERIZATIONS; PROPAGATING WAVES; SURFACES AND INTERFACES; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 84860207409     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3292     Document Type: Article

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