Negative-zero-positive refractive index in a prism-like omega-type metamaterial

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2566-2573

  Zhang, Full ^a,b   Potet, Sylvain ^a,c   Carbonell, Jorge ^d   Lheurette, Eric ^a   Vanbésien, Olivier ^a   Zhao, Xiaopeng ^b   Lippens, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEMEX   (France)

^d ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite right left handed metamaterial; Negative index materials; Negative refraction; Retrieval technique

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS SCIENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRISMS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCES; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED METAMATERIAL; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; FRESNEL; FULL-WAVE ANALYSIS; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; METAMATERIAL; NEGATIVE INDEX MATERIALS; NEGATIVE REFRACTION; RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

LIGHT REFRACTION;

EID: 55949116098     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2005891     Document Type: Article

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