Experimental verification of sensitivity improvement in near field probes using single negative metamaterials

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1677-1680

  Boybay, Muhammed S ^a   Ramahi, Omar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evanescent field amplification; Near field detection; Split ring resonators; Subwavelength resolution

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT FIELD AMPLIFICATION; EVANESCENT FIELDS; NEAR FIELDS; SPLIT RING RESONATOR; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION;

AMPLIFICATION; INSULATING MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; TARGETS;

PROBES;

EID: 70350621989     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5166037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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