Analysis of bandwidth and loss in Negative-Refractive-Index Transmission-Line (NRI-TL) media using coupled resonators

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 412-414

  Eleftheriades, George V ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backward waves, coupled resonators; Left handed media; Metamaterials; Negative refraction index (NRI); Transmission lines (TLs)

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD WAVES; LEFT-HANDED MEDIA; METAMATERIALS; NEGATIVE REFRACTION INDEX (NRI); PROPAGATION LOSSES;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONATORS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 34249870361     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.897785     Document Type: Article

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