Terahertz metamaterial devices based on graphene nanostructures

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 748-756

  Chen, Pai Yen ^a,b   Alu, Andrea ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Intellectual Ventures Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorber; graphene; magnetic materials; metamaterials; polarizing filters

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER; ABSORBING FILMS; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FAR-INFRARED; METAMATERIAL DEVICES; POLARIZING FILTER; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84890116178     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2013.2285629     Document Type: Article

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