Wiley, 2006, 352 pages, ISBN-10: 0-471-66985-7, ISBN-13: 978-0-471-66985-2
During these years of infancy for metamaterials (MTMs), which emerged from the first experimental demonstration of a left-handed (LH) structure in 2000, the vast majority of the groups involved in research on MTMs had been focusing on investigating from a physics point of view the fundamental properties of LH media predicted by Veselago in 1967. Not following this trend, the authors adopted an engineering approach, based on a generalized transmission line (TL) theory, with systematic emphasis on developing practical applications, exhibiting unprecedented features in terms of performances or functionalities. This effort resulted in the elaboration of the powerful composite right/left-handed (CRLH) MTM concept, which led to a suite of novel guided-wave, radiated-wave, and refracted-wave devices and structures.
This book presents electromagnetic MTMs and their applications in the general framework of CRLH TL MTMs.
Introduction
Fundamentals of LH MTMs
TLTheoryofMTMs
Two-Dimensional MTMs
Guided-Wave Applications
Radiated-Wave Applications
The Future of MTMs