Electromagnetic Metamaterials: Transmission Line Theory and Microwave Applications: The Engineering Approach

Electromagnetic Metamaterials: Transmission Line Theory and Microwave Applications: The Engineering Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-352

  Caloz, Christophe ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/0471754323     Document Type: Book

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