Dispersion analysis of a microstrip-based negative refractive index periodic structure

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 155-157

  Grbic, Anthony ^a   Eleftheriades, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Left handed media; Loaded transmission lines; Metamaterials; Negative refractive index; Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

METAMATERIALS;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0037396364     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2003.811042     Document Type: Article

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