Multi-band circular polarizer using planar spiral metamaterial structure

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 16050-16058

  Ma, Xiaoliang ^a   Huang, Cheng ^a   Pu, Mingbo ^a   Hu, Chenggang ^a   Feng, Qin ^a   Luo, Xiangang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; METAMATERIALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED WAVES; ELECTRIC-FIELD COUPLING; LINEARLY POLARIZED; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; MULTI-LAYERED; MULTIBAND; PLANAR SPIRALS; SIMULATED RESULTS; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; SURFACE CURRENT; TRANSFORMATION BEHAVIOR;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION;

EID: 84863758352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016050     Document Type: Article

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