Metamaterial polarization converter analysis: Limits of performance

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-152

  Markovich, Dmitry L ^a   Andryieuski, Andrei ^b   Zalkovskij, Maksim ^b   Malureanu, Radu ^b   Lavrinenko, Andrei V ^b  

^a ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE LAYERS; EIGENPOLARIZATIONS; FREQUENCY RANGES; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; POLARIZATION CONVERTERS; POLARIZATION TRANSFORMATION; REFLECTION CONFIGURATION; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84881315057     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-013-5383-8     Document Type: Article

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