Low-loss left-handed materials using metallic magnetic cylinders

N García1, E V Ponizovskaia

  • 1Laboratorio de Física de Sistemas Pequeños y Nanotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 114, 28006 Madrid, Spain.

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