Microfabricated V-band left-handed transmission lines

Metamaterials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-35

  Qin, Chao ^a   Kozyrev, Alexander B ^a   Karbassi, Abdolreza ^a   van der Weide, Daniel W ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic bandgap structures; Left handed; Metamaterials; Microfabrication; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449135896     PISSN: 18731988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metmat.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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