Caloz Ch., Itoh T. Electromagnetic metamaterials: transmission line theory and microwave applications: the engineering approach

Wiley, 2006. — 352 p. — 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.Acronyms.Definition of Metamaterials (MTMs) and Left-Handed (LH) MTMs,
Theoretical Speculation by Viktor Veselago,
Experimental Demonstration of Left-Handedness,
Further Numerical and Experimental Confirmations,
“Conventional” Backward Waves and Novelty of LH MTMs,
Terminology,
Transmission Line (TL) Approach,
Composite Right/Left-Handed (CRLH) MTMs,
MTMs and Photonic Band-Gap (PBG) Structures,
Historical “Germs” of MTMs,
References,
Fundamentals of LH MTMs.
Left-Handedness from Maxwell’s Equations,
Entropy Conditions in Dispersive Media,
Boundary Conditions,
Reversal of Doppler Effect,
Reversal of Vavilov- ˘ Cerenkov Radiation,
Reversal of Snell’s Law: Negative Refraction,
Focusing by a “Flat LH Lens”,
Fresnel Coefficients,
Reversal of Goos-H¨anchen Effect,
Reversal of Convergence and Divergence in Convex and Concave Lenses,
Subwavelength Diffraction,
References,
TLTheoryofMTMs.
Ideal Homogeneous CRLH TLs,
LC Network Implementation,
Real Distributed 1D CRLH Structures,
Experimental Transmission Characteristics,
Conversion from Transmission Line to Constitutive Parameters,
References,
Two-Dimensional MTMs.
Eigenvalue Problem,
Driven Problem by the Transmission Matrix Method (TMM),
Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) Modeling Method,
Negative Refractive Index (NRI) Effects,
Distributed 2D Structures,
References,
Guided-Wave Applications.
Dual-Band Components,
Enhanced-Bandwidth Components,
Super-compact Multilayer “Vertical” TL,
Tight Edge-Coupled Coupled-Line Couplers (CLCs),
Negative and Zeroth-Order Resonator,
References,
Radiated-Wave Applications.
Fundamental Aspects of Leaky-Wave Structures,
Backfire-to-Endfire (BE) Leaky-Wave (LW) Antenna,
Electronically Scanned BE LW Antenna,
Reflecto-Directive Systems,
Two-Dimensional Structures,
Zeroth Order Resonating Antenna,
Dual-Band CRLH-TL Resonating Ring Antenna,
Focusing Radiative “Meta-Interfaces”,
References,
The Future of MTMs.
“Real-Artificial” Materials: the Challenge of Homogenization,
Quasi-Optical NRI Lenses and Devices,
Three-Dimensional Isotropic LH MTMs,
Optical MTMs,
“Magnetless” Magnetic MTMs,
Terahertz Magnetic MTMs,
Surface Plasmonic MTMs,
Antenna Radomes and Frequency Selective Surfaces,
Nonlinear MTMs,
Active MTMs,
Other Topics of Interest,
References.