Tailoring double-negative metamaterial responses to achieve anomalous propagation effects along microstrip transmission lines

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2306-2314

  Cheng, Ching Ying ^a   Ziolkowski, Richard W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial dielectrics; Backward waves; Dispersion; Metamaterials (MTMs); Propagation; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MICROSTRIP LINES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BACKWARD WAVES; METAMATERIALS; MICROSTRIP TRANSMISSION LINES; TAILORING DOUBLE NEGATIVE METAMATERIAL RESPONSES;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0742321742     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.819193     Document Type: Article

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