• DocumentCode
    3099091
  • Title

    Dispersion characterization of CRLH transmission lines by electro-optic visions of forward/backward waves

  • Author

    Tsuchiya, Masahiro ; Shiozawa, Takahiro

  • Author_Institution
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    23-28 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    A novel experimental approach is proposed to characterize the dispersion properties of radio frequency (RF) waves in metamaterial structures. The approach is based on wave analyses in the space domain and is provided by RF wave visualization through the live electro-optic imaging scheme. It was successfully demonstrated to visualize forward/backward RF waves in composite right/left-handed transmission lines. The RF wave imagery is shown to be useful for determining right/left-handed frequency ranges as well as evaluating their propagation constants. The derived dispersion diagrams were compared with those obtained from unwrapped S21 phase data.
  • Keywords
    Communications technology; Data visualization; Educational institutions; Image analysis; Metamaterials; Propagation constant; Radio frequency; Space technology; Transmission lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6056-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5515412
  • Filename
    5515412