Multispectral near-perfect metamaterial absorbers using spatially multiplexed plasmon resonance metal square structures

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 656-662

  Zhang, Boyang ^a   Hendrickson, Joshua ^b   Guo, Junpeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAMATERIALS; MULTIPLEXING; SEPARATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DIELECTRIC SPACERS; ELECTRICAL FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; METAMATERIAL ABSORBERS; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; PEAK ABSORPTION; PLASMON RESONANCES; PLASMONIC RESONANCES;

WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84875605669     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.000656     Document Type: Article

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