Very simple metallic subwavelength cell for constructing left-handed metamaterial.

In this letter, a very simple metallic subwavelength cell is designed for constructing left-handed metamaterial. The conductive current mode inside the metallic resonator of this cell imitates one reported displacement current mode inside a dielectric subwavelength resonator. We show by simulation and experiments that an artificial metamaterial composed of cells with such kind of current mode can behave simultaneously negative permittivity and permeability. The metallic cell with double negative property obtained in this letter is suitable for the applications in the high frequency band, such as in millimeter or even terahertz bands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]