• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 8, Issue 1, 1 (2015)
Xiaoling ZHANG, Jianqiang GU*, Jiaguang HAN, and Weili ZHANG
Author Affiliations
  • Center for Terahertz Waves and College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, and the Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin 300072, China
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    Xiaoling ZHANG, Jianqiang GU, Jiaguang HAN, Weili ZHANG. Tailoring electromagnetic responses in terahertz superconducting metamaterials[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2015, 8(1): 1 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xiaoling ZHANG, Jianqiang GU, Jiaguang HAN, Weili ZHANG. Tailoring electromagnetic responses in terahertz superconducting metamaterials[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2015, 8(1): 1
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