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Homogenization of artificial media with a transmission line approach
- Source :
- Applied Physics A. 126
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- The scientific research on metamaterials has achieved significant progress in recent years. In contrast, the related practical applications have encountered tough challenges. The insufficient homogeneity makes these artificial media lose its competitiveness to conventional continuous media. In this work, we propose a generalized approach to realize microwave metamaterials with ultra-subwavelength unit cells constructed with rolled-up transmission lines. As an illustration, we design and fabricate a bulk left-handed material sample with standard printed circuit board technique. With the normalized periodicity of the unit cells ranging from 1/61 to 1/48 of wavelength, the negative refractive index can be clearly measured in the frequency range between 1.02 and 1.3 GHz. Simulation shows that by employing the planar process for semiconductor integrated circuits, this homogeneity can be further improved to a level of 1/300 of the wavelength at gigahertz frequencies. Our work also provides a new method for obtaining ultra-small microwave resonators, which can be widely used for all kinds of planar technologies.
- Subjects :
- 010302 applied physics
Computer science
business.industry
Metamaterial
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
Integrated circuit
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Printed circuit board
Electric power transmission
Planar
Transmission line
law
0103 physical sciences
Homogeneity (physics)
Optoelectronics
General Materials Science
Planar process
0210 nano-technology
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14320630 and 09478396
- Volume :
- 126
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Physics A
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........710678a1ff7c76903b7661861c7de11e