Resonance enhancement of terahertz metamaterials by liquid crystals/indium tin oxide interfaces

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 6519-6525

  Liu, Zhen ^a   Huang, Chia Yi ^a   Liu, Hongwei ^b   Zhang, Xinhai ^b   Lee, Chengkuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METAMATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; INDIUM TIN OXIDE FILMS; METAMATERIAL DEVICES; OXIDE INTERFACES; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; REFLECTED WAVES; RESONANCE ENHANCEMENT; SPLIT RING RESONATOR;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84875194175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.006519     Document Type: Article

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