Negative phase velocity in isotropic dielectric-magnetic media via homogenization

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-315

  Mackay, Tom G ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruggeman formalism; Negative phase velocity; Negative refraction

Indexed keywords

BRUGGEMAN FORMALISM; HOMOGENIZED COMPOSITE MEDIUM (HCM); NEGATIVE PHASE VELOCITY; NEGATIVE REFRACTION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 27944454274     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21155     Document Type: Article

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