Abstract

We present experimental data, numerical simulations, and analytical transfer-matrix calculations for a two-dimensionally isotropic, left-handed metamaterial (LHM) at X-band microwave frequencies. A LHM is one that has a frequency band with simultaneously negative εeff(ω) and μeff(ω), thereby having real values of index of refraction and wave vectors, and exhibiting extended wave propagation over that band. Our physical demonstration of a two-dimensional isotropic LHM will now permit experiments to verify some of the explicit predictions of reversed electromagnetic-wave properties including negative index of refraction as analyzed by Veselago [Usp. Fiz. Nauk 92, 517 (1964), Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509 (1968)].

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MetamaterialIsotropyPhysicsNegative refractionMicrowaveOpticsRefractive indexNegative index metamaterialsRefractionElectromagnetic radiationTransfer-matrix method (optics)Wave propagationTransfer matrixFrequency bandComputational physicsBandwidth (computing)Quantum mechanicsTelecommunications

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2001
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78
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4
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489-491
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R. A. Shelby, David R. Smith, Syrus C. Nemat-Nasser et al. (2001). Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic, left-handed metamaterial. Applied Physics Letters , 78 (4) , 489-491. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1343489

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10.1063/1.1343489