The role of magnetic dipoles and non-zero-order Bragg waves in metamaterial perfect absorbers

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3540-3546

  Zeng, Yong ^a   Chen, Hou Tong ^b   Dalvit, Diego A R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTEGRATED NANOTECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

BRAGG WAVES; GRATING THEORY; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; OUT OF PHASE; PERFECT ABSORBER; SIMPLE TREATMENTS;

METAMATERIALS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84874041245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.003540     Document Type: Article

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