Terahertz epsilon-near-zero graded-index lens

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 9156-9166

  Torres, Víctor ^a,b   Pacheco Peña, Víctor ^a   Rodríguez Ulibarri, Pablo ^a   Navarro Cía, Miguel ^c   Beruete, Miguel ^a   Sorolla, Mario ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE; CONVERGING LENS; FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE; FRESNEL REFLECTIONS; GRADED INDEX; GRADED INDEX LENS; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; WAVEGUIDE THEORY;

WAVEGUIDES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 84875981975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.009156     Document Type: Article

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