• DocumentCode
    503752
  • Title

    Spatial harmonics and homogenisation of NRI-TL metamaterial structures

  • Author

    Zedler, M. ; Eleftheriades, G.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    Sept. 29 2009-Oct. 1 2009
  • Firstpage
    504
  • Lastpage
    507
  • Abstract
    In this contribution we discuss negative-refractive-index transmission-line (NRI-TL) metamaterial structures with respect to spatial harmonics. The power in the fundamental spatial harmonic is shown to yield a measure which relates to the homogeneity of the metamaterial. It is shown that NRI-TL metamaterials yield highly homogeneous field distributions in the long wavelength regime. Circuit theory results and full-wave eigenmode simulations of a NRI-TL metamaterial are presented.
  • Keywords
    circuit theory; metamaterials; transmission lines; circuit theory; full-wave eigenmode simulations; homogeneous field distributions; homogenisation; metamaterial structures; negative-refractive-index transmission-line; spatial harmonics; Communication switching; Electromagnetic heating; Metamaterials; Micromechanical devices; Radio frequency; Switches; Thermal conductivity; Thermal expansion; Thermal factors; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2009. EuMC 2009. European
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4748-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5295948