Slow microwave waveguide made of negative permeability metamaterials

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2705-2709

  Lu, Wentao T ^a   Savo, Savatore ^a,b   Casse, B Didier F ^a   Sridhar, Nivas ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guided modes; Negative permeability metamaterials; Parallel plate waveguide; Slow light; Split ring resonators

Indexed keywords

GUIDED MODES; NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY METAMATERIALS; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; SLOW LIGHT; SPLIT-RING RESONATORS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RING GAGES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 70349131502     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.24727     Document Type: Article

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