Photoexcited broadband redshift switch and strength modulation of terahertz metamaterial absorber

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Shen, Xiaopeng ^a,b   Cui, Tie Jun ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

metamaterial absorber; modulation; redshift; switch; terahertz

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; RING GAGES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SWITCHES;

ABSORPTION MODULATION; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; METAMATERIAL ABSORBERS; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; RED SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES;

MODULATION;

EID: 84868338868     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/11/114012     Document Type: Article

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