Abnormal refraction of microwave in ferrite/wire metamaterials

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 15679-15689

  Zhao, Hongjie ^a,b   Li, Bo ^a   Zhou, Ji ^a   Kang, Lei ^a   Zhao, Qian ^a   Li, Weibin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Aerospace Research Institute of Special Material and Processing Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METAMATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; WIRE;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; FERRITE RODS; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; METALLIC WIRE; NEGATIVE REFRACTIONS;

REFRACTION;

EID: 80051718889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015679     Document Type: Article

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