Time-domain measurement of negative group delay in negative-refractive- index transmission-line metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1449-1454

  Siddiqui, Omar F ^a   Erickson, Suzanne J ^a   Eleftheriades, George V ^a   Mojahedi, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anomalous dispersion; Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Metamaterials; Negative group delay (NGD); Negative group velocity (NGV); Negative refractive index (NRI)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONATORS; VACUUM; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES (CPW); METAMATERIALS; NEGATIVE GROUP DELAY (NGD); NEGATIVE GROUP VELOCITY (NGV); NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX (NRI);

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 2542500601     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.827018     Document Type: Article

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