On the independence of the excitation of complex modes in isotropic structures

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1567-1578

  Islam, Rubaiyat ^a   Eleftheriades, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backward waves; Complex modes; Coupled mode theory; Metamaterials

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD WAVES; COMPLEX MODES; COUPLED-MODE THEORY; EIGEN MODES; EXCITATION AMPLITUDES; ISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; LOSSLESS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX TRANSMISSION LINES;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 77951990096     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2044341     Document Type: Article

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