Similar structures, different characteristics: Circular dichroism of metallic helix arrays with single-, double-, and triple-helical structures

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 677-681

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a   Wu, Lin ^a   Lu, Zeqin ^a   Cheng, Yongzhi ^a   Gong, Rongzhou ^a   Zheng, Yu ^b   Duan, Jian ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; DOUBLE-HELICAL STRUCTURES; INCIDENT ANGLES; MICROWAVE REGION; TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; TRIPLE HELICAL STRUCTURES; WIDE-BAND;

DICHROISM;

EID: 84877676205     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.30.000677     Document Type: Article

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