Planar negative refractive index media using periodically L-C loaded transmission lines

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2702-2712

  Eleftheriades, George V ^a   Iyer, Ashwin K ^a   Kremer, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial dielectrics; Backward waves; Focusing; Left handed media (LHM); Metamaterials; Negative permeability; Negative permittivity; Negative refractive index; Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT REFRACTION; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ARTIFICIAL DIELECTRICS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 0036904592     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.805197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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