Reflection properties of metallic helical metamaterials

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3050-3054

  Lu, Zeqin ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a   Xie, Peiyuan ^b   Wu, Lin ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Hunan Electric Power Company Dispatches and Communication Center   (China)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; optical polarization; reflection

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-HELICAL STRUCTURES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; POLARIZATION STATE; REFLECTION PROPERTIES; TRANSMITTED LIGHT;

DICHROISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84866297913     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2210697     Document Type: Article

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