Ultrathin multi-band planar metamaterial absorber based on standing wave resonances

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 27756-27765

  Peng, Xiao Yu ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Lai, Shumin ^b   Zhang, Dao Hua ^c   Teng, Jing Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b National Junior College   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; MULTIBAND; ODD HARMONICS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE MODEL; STANDING WAVE; ULTRA-THIN;

ELASTIC WAVES; WAVES;

METAMATERIALS;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS; PHOTON; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 84870616219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.027756     Document Type: Article

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