Lightweight, flexible, polarization-insensitive, highly absorbing meta-films

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1191-1200

  Campbell, Sawyer D ^a   Ziolkowski, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic wave absorption; frequency selective surfaces; metamaterials; periodic structures

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES; METAMATERIALS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PARAMETER STUDIES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; STRONG ABSORPTIONS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84874919334     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2227658     Document Type: Article

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