ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION DECOUPLER

摘要

An electromagnetic radiation decoupler for decoupling radiation in the wavelength range ?_min to ?_max. The decoupler has a first conductor layer in contact with a dielectric layer which comprises at least one area of absence and the thickness of the decoupler is less than ?_min/4n, where n is the refractive index of the dielectric. The dielectric layer may be sandwiched between two conductor layers, one of which has the structure described above. The invention is also directed to methods of using and various articles comprising such a decoupler.