Low-loss negative index metamaterials for X, Ku, and K microwave bands.

Autor: Lee, David A., Vedral, L. James, Smith, David A., Musselman, Randall L., Pinchuk, Anatoliy O.
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Zdroj: AIP Advances; 2015, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p1-11, 11p
Abstrakt: Low-loss, negative-index of refraction metamaterials were designed and tested for X, Ku, and K microwave frequency bands. An S-shaped, split-ring resonator was used as a unit cell to design homogeneous slabs of negative-index metamaterials. Then, the slabs of metamaterials were cut unto prisms to measure experimentally the negative index of refraction of a plane electromagnetic wave. Theoretical simulations using High-Frequency Structural Simulator, a finite element equation solver, were in good agreement with experimental measurements. The negative index of refraction was retrieved from the angle- and frequency-dependence of the transmitted intensity of the microwave beam through the metamaterial prism and compared well to simulations; in addition, near-field electromagnetic intensity mapping was conducted with an infrared camera, and there was also a good match with the simulations for expected frequency ranges for the negative index of refraction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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