Sommerfeld integral path for layered double negative metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1496-1504

  Shu, Weiwei ^a   Song, Jiming ^b  

^a TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex surface wave mode; convergence; double negative metamaterials; grounded dielectric slab; horizontal electric dipole; horizontal magnetic dipole; left hand material; negative index material; numerical integration; radiation pattern; Sommerfeld integral

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SURFACE; CONVERGENCE; DOUBLE NEGATIVE METAMATERIALS; GROUNDED DIELECTRIC SLAB; HORIZONTAL ELECTRIC DIPOLES; LEFT-HAND MATERIALS; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; NEGATIVE INDEX MATERIAL; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; RADIATION PATTERN; SOMMERFELD INTEGRALS;

ANTENNAS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; SURFACE WAVES;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84858009814     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2180298     Document Type: Article

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