Dispersive FDTD characterisation of no phase-delay radio transmission over layered left-handed meta-materials structure

IEE Proceedings: Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 403-406

  Lu, L ^a   Hao, Y ^a   Parini, C G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EVANESCENT WAVES; LEFT HANDED META-MATERIALS STRUCTURE; MICROWAVE FREQUENCY; ZERO PHASE DELAY;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 13844267837     PISSN: 13502344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-smt:20040948     Document Type: Article

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