Characterizing metasurfaces/metafilms: The connection between surface susceptibilities and effective material properties

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 1507-1511

  Holloway, Christopher L ^a   Kuester, Edward F ^b   Dienstfrey, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective properties; generalized sheet transition condition (GSTC); metafilm; metamaterials; metasurface; surface susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MATERIAL PROPERTY; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SURFACES; METAFILM; METASURFACE; SMALL SCATTERERS; SURFACE DISTRIBUTIONS; THIN MATERIALS; TRANSITION CONDITIONS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METAMATERIALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SURFACES;

EID: 84856955754     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2011.2182591     Document Type: Article

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