subwavelength

alternative sub-wavelength

1. not comparablenatural sciencesHaving dimensions less than the wavelength of the light employed.

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   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

plural subwavelengths · alternative sub-wavelength

1. natural sciencesA wavelength that is a fraction of another