• DocumentCode
    2314493
  • Title

    A printed-circuit implementation of a broadband volumetric negative-refractive-index medium

  • Author

    Rudolph, Scott M. ; Grbic, Anthony

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    9-15 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    2542
  • Lastpage
    2545
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a printed-circuit implementation of broadband negative-refractive- index medium is proposed. The structure has a negative-index bandwidth of 48% and has an effective relative permittivity and permeability equal to -1 at 2.45 GHz. An analytical model for this structure is also presented, based on multiconductor transmission-line analysis.
  • Keywords
    multiconductor transmission lines; permittivity; printed circuits; refractive index; transmission line theory; broadband volumetric negative-refractive-index medium; effective relative permittivity; negative-index bandwidth;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0877-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0878-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2007.4396052
  • Filename
    4396052