| Autor: |
Avila, Jose A., Valle, Cesar L., Bustamante, Edgar, Rumpf, Raymond C. |
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Progress in Electromagnetics Research C; 2017, Vol. 74, p111-121, 11p |
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Digital manufacturing, or 3D printing, is a rapidly emerging technology which enables novel designs that incorporate complex geometries and even multiple materials. In electromagnetics and circuits, 3D printing allows the dielectrics to take on new and profound functionality. This paper introduces negative uniaxial metamaterials (NUMs) which are birefringent structures that can be used to manipulate electromagnetic fields at a very small scale. The NUMs presented here are composed of alternating layers of two different dielectric materials. The physics of the NUMs are explained and simple analytical equations for the effective dielectric tensor are derived. Using these equations, the NUMs are optimized for strength of anisotropy and for space stretching derived from transformation optics. The analytical equations are validated through rigorous simulations and by laboratory measurements. Three NUMs where manufactured using 3D printing where each exhibited anisotropy in a different orientation for measurement purposes. All of the data from the analytical equations, simulations, and experiments are in excellent agreement confirming that the physics of the NUMs is well understood and that NUMs can be designed quickly and easily using just the analytical equations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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