Twisted vector field from an inhomogeneous and anisotropic metamaterial

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 572-576

  Kang, Ming ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Wang, Xi Lin ^a   Wang, Hui Tian ^a,b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; METAMATERIALS; POLARIZATION;

ANISOTROPIC METAMATERIALS; EFFECTIVE MEDIA; EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; HELICAL PHASE; STATE OF POLARIZATION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TERA HERTZ; VECTOR FIELDS; WAVEGUIDE RESONANCE;

VECTORS;

EID: 84861360016     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000572     Document Type: Article

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