Left-handed-media simulation and transmission of EM waves in subwavelength split-ring-resonator-loaded metallic

R Marqués1, J Martel, F Mesa

  • 1Departamento de Electrónica y Electromagnetismo, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. marques@us.es

Physical Review Letters
|October 26, 2002
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