Title : 
Flexible Terahertz Metamaterials On Polyimide Substrates
         
        
            Author : 
Tao, H. ; Strikwerda, A. ; Fan, K. ; Bingham, C.M. ; Padilla, W.J. ; Zhang, X. ; Averitt, R.D.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Boston Univ., Brookline, MA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Flexible resonant terahertz metamaterials built on ultrathin highly flexible polyimide substrates have been designed, fabricated and measured. Our results provide a path forward for creating multi-layer non-planar metamaterials at terahertz frequencies.
         
        
            Keywords : 
metamaterials; substrates; terahertz waves; flexible resonant terahertz metamaterials; multilayer nonplanar metamaterials; polyimide substrates; terahertz frequencies; ultrathin substrates; Fabrication; Frequency; Gold; Metamaterials; Physics; Polyimides; Resonance; Robustness; Silicon; Testing; (040.2235) Far infrared or terahertz; (160.3918) Metamaterials;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baltimore, MD
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-869-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-869-8