A 3-D isotropic left-handed metamaterial based on the rotated transmission-line matrix (TLM) scheme

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2930-2941

  Zedler, Michael ^b   Caloz, Christophe ^a,c   Russer, Peter ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c POLY GRAMES RESEARCH CENTER   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D; Composite right left handed (CRLH); Isotropic; Left handed; Metamaterial; Negative refractive index (NRI); Transmission line matrix (TLM)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

METALINSULATORMETAL CAPACITORS; METAMATERIALS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX (NRI); PARASITIC EFFECTS; PRINCIPAL AXES PROPAGATION; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX (TLM);

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 36949019954     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.909608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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