Homogenization of quasi-isotropic metamaterials composed by dense arrays of magnetodielectric spheres

Metamaterials

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 56-63

  Liu, Xing Xiang ^a   Alù, Andrea ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Metamaterials; Negative index; Scattering

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX FORMS; COMPLEX OPERATIONS; DENSE ARRAYS; EFFECTIVE INDEX OF REFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; FINITE SIZE; FREQUENCY REGIMES; HOMOGENIZATION; LOCAL DESCRIPTION; MAGNETODIELECTRIC SPHERES; METAMATERIAL DEVICES; NEGATIVE VALUES; NEGATIVE-INDEX; PERIODIC ARRAYS; SPATIAL DISPERSION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

FREQUENCY BANDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCATTERING;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 80053130123     PISSN: 18731988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metmat.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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