Is Foster's reactance theorem satisfied in double-negative and single-negative media?

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-14

  Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Metamaterials; Negative permittivity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; THEOREM PROVING;

DOUBLE-NEGATIVE MEDIUM; DOUBLE-POSITIVE MATERIAL; EPSILON-NEGATIVE MATERIAL; SINGLE-NEGATIVE MEDIUM;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 0041781987     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.11111     Document Type: Article

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