A 2-D artificial dielectric with 0 ≤ n < 1 for the terahertz region

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 7 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1993-1998

  Mendis, Rajind ^a   Mittleman, Daniel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial dielectrics; Dispersive media; Parallelplate waveguides (PPWGs); Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIELECTRIC; ARTIFICIAL MEDIUM; CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; DISPERSIVE MEDIA; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ REGION; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77954658943     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2050386     Document Type: Article

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