Analysis of radiation mechanism and polarizing properties of metamaterials

(cont.) isotropic permeability. The characteristics used as a basis for comparison are: 1. Leakage of light (transmittance) through a pair of crossed-polarizers, and 2. Fresnel coefficients of a single polarizer. The expressions for the transmittance and the Fresnel coefficients are obtained analytically using the kDB method. A novel procedure to determine the angles of transmission of the ordinary and extraordinary waves through a uniaxial slab is developed, along with the procedures for validation. The viability of enhancing the performance of polarizers by using metamaterial media is investigated.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Nikku, Madhusudhan, 1980-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Jin Au Kong.

• Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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en_US

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28635

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/28635