Resonant circuit model for efficient metamaterial absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 106, 2013, Pages A997-A1006

  Sellier, Alexandre ^a   Teperik, Tatiana V ^a   de Lustrac, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANGE FINDING; RESONANT CIRCUITS;

ABSORPTION EFFECTS; METAMATERIAL ABSORBERS; RESONANT ABSORPTION; RESONANT MODE; SIMPLE MODELING; SIMPLE PHYSICAL MODELS;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84887432072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A997     Document Type: Article

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