Unique retrieval of complex permittivity and permeability of dispersive materials from reflection and transmitted fields by enforcing causality

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2224-2230

  Varadan, Vasundara V ^a,b   Ro, Ruyen ^a,b  

^a EEE ^*  (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersive materials; Kramers Kronig; Metamaterials; Phase ambiguity; Property retrieval; S parameters

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIVE MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; PHASE AMBIGUITY; PROPERTY RETRIEVAL;

BAND STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERMITTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 35348906361     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.906473     Document Type: Article

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