Guided modes in a waveguide filled with a pair of Single-Negative (SNG), Double-Negative (DNG), and/or Double-Positive (DPS) layers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 199-210

  Alù, Andrea ^a   Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double negative (DNG) material; Left handed (LH) material; Metamaterial; Negative index material; Negative index of refraction; Negative permeability; Negative permittivity; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DOUBLE-NEGATIVE; DOUBLE-POSITIVE LAYERS; LEFT-HANDED MATERIAL; METAMATERIAL; NEGATIVE INDEX MATERIAL; NEGATIVE INDEX OF REFRACTION; NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY; SINGLE-NEGATIVE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 1242263464     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.821274     Document Type: Article

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