Mu-negative, double-negative, and composite right/left handed metamaterials based on dielectric resonators

IEICE Electronics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 65-80

  Ueda, Tetsuya ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^b  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric resonators; Effective medium; Left handed materials; Metamaterials; Mie resonance; Negative refractive index

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED METAMATERIAL; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; HOST MEDIUMS; LEFT HANDED MATERIALS; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MIE RESONANCE; MU-NEGATIVE; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; RECENT PROGRESS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC RESONATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84856675233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/elex.9.65     Document Type: Review

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