Terahertz metamaterials perfect absorbers for sensing and imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8585, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wilbert, David S ^a   Hokmabadi, Mohammad P ^a   Martinez, Joshua ^a   Kung, Patrick ^a   Kim, Seongsin M ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

absorber; metamaterial; polarization insensitive; resonance; sensing; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; METAMATERIAL ABSORBERS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; SENSING; TERA HERTZ; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON BEAMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84878049071     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2005709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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