Investigation on the dispersion relation of a 3D LC-based metamaterial with an omnidirectional left-handed frequency band

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1477-1479

  Zedler, M ^a   Russer, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY;

ALGEBRAIC CALCULATION; LEFT HANDED FREQUENCY BAND; METAMATERIALS;

FREQUENCY BANDS;

EID: 34250307684     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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