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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English wavelength English subwavelength From sub- + wavelength.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of an optical component) Having dimensions less than the wavelength of the light employed.
Planar metamaterials with subwavelength thickness, or metasurfaces, consisting of single-layer or few-layer stacks of planar structures, can be readily fabricated using lithography and nanoprinting methods, and the ultrathin thickness in the wave propagation direction can greatly suppress the undesirable losses.
2016, Hou-Tong Chen, Antoinette J Taylor, Nanfang Yu, “A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications”, in arXiv:
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Deriveds
subwavelength photolithography · subwavelength optics · subwavelength aperture · subwavelength photonics · subwavelength imaging · subwavelength hole array