Broadband terahertz absorber realized by selfassembled multilayer glass spheres

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 13566-13572

  Kim, Dae Seon ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^a   Hwang, Sehyun ^a   Jang, Jae Hyung ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MICROCHANNELS; MONOLAYERS; MULTILAYERS; SILICONES; SPHERES;

ABSORBANCES; BROADBAND TERAHERTZ; FREQUENCY RANGES; GLASS SPHERES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SELF ASSEMBLED MULTILAYERS; SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD;

SPIN GLASS;

EID: 84863759968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013566     Document Type: Article

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