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|June 18, 2009
Abstract:
A waveguide-based retrieval method for measuring complex permittivity and permeability tensors of metamaterials is presented. In the proposed scheme, multiple independent sets of scattering data for the material under test with different orientations are measured in the frequency range corresponding to the dominant TE(10) mode. The method is applied to various metamaterials and shows its effectiveness in the effective parameters extraction.
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