Gain-assisted metamaterial embedded with gain elements

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-95

  Jiang, Tao ^a   Peng, Liang ^a   Huangfu, Jiangtao ^a   Wang, Zhiyu ^a   Luo, Yu ^a   Chen, Hongsheng ^a   Ran, Lixin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gain assistance; Lossless; Metamaterial; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CURRENT; GAIN ELEMENTS; GAIN-ASSISTANCE; LINEAR AMPLIFICATION; LOSSLESS; NON-LINEARITY; PROPER DESIGN;

AMPLIFICATION; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 73049108186     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.24871     Document Type: Article

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