A theoretical analysis of broadband nanoscale metamaterial absorber using interconnected slotted ring resonators for EMI shielding in the ultraviolet regime

Keywords

• Metamaterial absorber
• silicon substrate
• angle-insensitive absorption
• broadband absorption
• magnetic resonance
• electromagnetic interference shielding
• ultraviolet radiation
• polarization conversion
• gold nanostructures
• terahertz absorption

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