Low-frequency dispersion features of a new complex mode for a periodic strip grating on a grounded dielectric slab

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2197-2205

  Burghignoli, Paolo ^a,b   Baccarelli, Paolo ^a,b   Frezza, Fabrizio ^a,b   Galli, Alessandro ^a,b   Lampariello, Paolo ^a,b   Oliner, Arthur A ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaky waves; Leaky wave antennas; Periodic structures; Planar waveguides

Indexed keywords

GROUNDED DIELECTIC SLABS; PERIODIC STRIP GRATINGS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; STRIP METAL; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84868579249     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.971601     Document Type: Article

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