Negative-Refraction Metamaterials / Wiley - IEEE (PDF)

Learn about the revolutionary new technology of negative-refraction
metamaterials

Negative-Refraction Metamaterials: Fundamental Principles and
Applications introduces artificial materials that support the
unusual electromagnetic property of negative refraction. Readers
will discover several classes of negative-refraction materials
along with their exciting, groundbreaking applications, such as
lenses and antennas, imaging with super-resolution, microwave
devices, dispersion-compensating interconnects, radar, and
defense.

The book begins with a chapter describing the fundamentals of
isotropic metamaterials in which a negative index of refraction is
defined. In the following chapters, the text builds on the
fundamentals by describing a range of useful microwave devices and
antennas. Next, a broad spectrum of exciting new research and
emerging applications is examined, including:

* Theory and experiments behind a super-resolving,
negative-refractive-index transmission-line lens

* 3-D transmission-line metamaterials with a negative refractive
index

* Numerical simulation studies of negative refraction of Gaussian
beams and associated focusing phenomena

* Unique advantages and theory of shaped lenses made of
negative-refractive-index metamaterials

* A new type of transmission-line metamaterial that is anisotropic
and supports the formation of sharp steerable beams (resonance
cones)

* Implementations of negative-refraction metamaterials at optical
frequencies

* Unusual propagation phenomena in metallic waveguides partially
filled with negative-refractive-index metamaterials

* Metamaterials in which the refractive index and the underlying
group velocity are both negative

This work brings together the best minds in this cutting-edge
field. It is fascinating reading for scientists, engineers, and
graduate-level students in physics, chemistry, materials science,
photonics, and electrical engineering.