Microelectromechanical Maltese-cross metamaterial with tunable terahertz anisotropy

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhu, W M ^a   Liu, A Q ^a,b   Bourouina, T ^c   Tsai, D P ^d,e   Teng, J H ^f   Zhang, X H ^f   Lo, G Q ^b   Kwong, D L ^b   Zheludev, N I ^g,h  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LUMINESCENCE; POLARIZATION; REFRACTION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; EXCITATION; FILTER; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNABLE TERAHERTZ ANISOTROPY;

LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA;

EID: 84871754630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2285     Document Type: Article

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