Leaky-wave steering in a two-dimensional metamaterial structure using wave interaction excitation

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1643-1646

  Lai, Anthony ^a   Leong, Kevin M K H ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite right left handed (CRLH) metamaterials; Leaky waves; Left handed materials

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE SHIFTERS;

LEAKY WAVE STEERING; LEFT HANDED MATERIALS; ORTHOGONAL FEEDING STRUCTURES; WAVE INTERACTION EXCITATION;

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 34250349637     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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