Waveguide probes using single negative media

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 641-643

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evanescent field amplification; Near field probes; Open ended waveguides; Single negative (SNG) media

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PLATES; EVANESCENT FIELD AMPLIFICATION; EVANESCENT WAVE AMPLIFICATION; NEAR FIELD PROBES; NEAR-FIELD; NEGATIVE MEDIA; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPEN-ENDED WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE NEGATIVE (SNG) MEDIA; STANDOFF DISTANCE; WAVEGUIDE PROBE;

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

PROBES;

EID: 70350622865     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2029742     Document Type: Article

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