Three-dimensional broadband ground-plane cloak made of metamaterials

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Ma, Hui Feng ^a   Cui, Tie Jun ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS;

EID: 84880307676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1023     Document Type: Article

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