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1Electromagnetics Group, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada.
Abstract:
The dynamics of wave propagation in media with negative index of refraction is analyzed through analytical calculations, simulations, and experiments. Using a free space setup, the transmission characteristics of two split ring resonator and strip wire left-handed media (LHM), designed for operation at K -band frequencies (18-26 GHz), are measured. The first LHM, which is 3 unit cells long in the propagation direction, exhibits a maximum negative group delay of -0.9 ns . The second LHM (4 unit cells long) exhibits a maximum negative group delay of -1.2 ns . For both LHM the bandwidth of the negative group delay (and hence the negative group velocity) region was approximately 250 MHz.
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