Electromagnetic-field theory and numerically generated results for propagation in left-handed guided-wave single-microstrip structures

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2269-2283

  Krowne, Clifford M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion diagrams; Field distributions; Left handed media (LHM); Microstrip

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

DISPERSION DIAGRAMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; LEFT HANDED MEDIA; SINGLE MICROSTRIP STRUCTURES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0742286805     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.819194     Document Type: Article

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