On metamaterial circular polarizers based on metal N-helices

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 26012-26020

  Kaschke, Johannes ^a   Gansel, Justyna K ^a   Wegener, Martin ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; INTEGER NUMBERS; LINEAR BIREFRINGENCE; METAL WIRES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; ROTATIONAL AXIS; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; SQUARE ARRAY; SYMMETRY ANALYSIS;

METAMATERIALS;

METALS;

METAL;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869067983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.026012     Document Type: Article

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