Introduction, History, and Selected Topics in Fundamental Theories of Metamaterials

Metamaterials: Physics and Engineering Explorations

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-41

  Ziolkowski, Richard W ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"double negative (DNG)" metamaterials; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation of DNG media; Phase compensation with DNG medium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889321134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0471784192.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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