Theoretical and experimental demonstrations of a dual-band metamaterial absorber at mid-infrared

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1940-1943

  Ma, Wei ^a   Wen, Yongzheng ^a   Yu, Xiaomei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dual band absorber; Infrared; Interference theory; Metamaterials; Resonance

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; RESONANCE;

DUAL BAND; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; INTERFERENCE THEORY; METAMATERIAL ABSORBERS; MIDINFRARED;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 84907201095     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2014.2342275     Document Type: Article

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