%0 Journal Article %T Microwave switchable frequency selective surface with high quality factor resonance and low polarization sensitivity %A Dmitriev %A Victor %A Kawakatsu %A Marcelo N. %J Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications %D 2012 %I Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronics Society and Brazilian Society of Electromagnetism %R 10.1590/S2179-10742012000200004 %X we present a microwave switchable frequency selective surface with high quality factor transmission resonance. the high quality resonance is achieved by excitation of the trapped-mode in array with two concentric metal rings in a cell on a silicon substrate. optical activation of the silicon substrate permits to switch off the transmission band. %K frequency selective surface %K high quality factor resonance %K trapped-mode resonance %K optical activation. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2179-10742012000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en