High extinction ratio circular polarizer with conical double-helical metamaterials

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2442-2446

  Zhao, Zhe ^a   Gao, Dingshan ^a   Bao, Changjing ^a   Zhou, Xu ^a   Lu, Tingting ^a   Chen, Lin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chiral media; metamaterials; polarization

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL MEDIA; CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; DOUBLE-HELICAL; EXTINCTION RATIOS; HELICAL WIRES; OPERATION BANDS; UNIT CELLS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; POLARIZATION;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84862682984     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2200095     Document Type: Article

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