Enhancement of a microwave radiometry imaging system's performance using left handed materials

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2011, Pages 253-265

  Giamalaki, M I ^a   Karanasiou, I S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOCUSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETRY;

ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; GREEN'S FUNCTION TECHNIQUE; LEFT HANDED MATERIALS; LEFT-HANDED MATERIAL; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY; NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 79959616465     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11042003     Document Type: Article

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