Graphene metamaterials based tunable terahertz absorber: Effective surface conductivity approach

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 9144-9155

  Andryieuski, Andrei ^a   Lavrinenko, Andrei V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METAMATERIALS;

EFFICIENT DESIGNS; METAMATERIAL DEVICES; NARROW BANDS; PERFECT ABSORBER; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; TERA HERTZ; WIRE MEDIUM;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 84876006522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.009144     Document Type: Article

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