Design and experimental verification of backward-wave propagation in periodic waveguide structures

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1527-1532

  Carbonell, Jorge ^a,b   Roglá, Luis J ^a,b   Boria, Vicente E ^a,b   Lippens, Didier ^c,d,e  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c Institut d'Electronique   (France)

^d OPTO+   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Double negative media (DNGM); Evanescent waveguides; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Split ring resonators (SRRs)

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-NEGATIVE MEDIA (DNGM); EVANESCENT WAVEGUIDES; METAMATERIALS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SPLIT-RING RESONATORS (SRR);

DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33645998145     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.871364     Document Type: Article

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