Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Standing Waves in a Cavity01:28

Standing Waves in a Cavity

865
A household microwave and lasers are examples of standing electromagnetic waves in a cavity. When two conducting metal plates are placed parallel at the nodal planes, it creates a cavity where standing waves are formed. The cavity between the two planes is analogous to a stretched string held at the points x = 0 and x = L. Here, the distance 'L' between the two planes must be an integer multiple of half of the wavelength. The wavelengths that satisfy this condition are given by:
865
Interference and Superposition of Waves01:07

Interference and Superposition of Waves

4.9K
When two waves of the same nature occur in the same region simultaneously, they result in interference. Interference of waves implies that the net effect of the waves is the sum of the individual waves' effects. However, it does not imply that the individual waves affect the propagation of other waves.
Interference occurs in mechanical waves, such as sound waves, waves on a string, and surface water waves. Mechanical waves correspond to the physical displacement of particles. Hence,...
4.9K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Infection prevention and control knowledge and educational needs among nurses in healthcare settings: results from the Hygeia European survey.

International journal of hygiene and environmental health·2026
Same author

Effectiveness of downflow ultraclean air in operating theatres: a correlation study between heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and surgical site infections.

The Journal of hospital infection·2025
Same author

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant microorganisms in Italy: A systematic review.

Journal of infection and public health·2025
Same author

Arbitrary aperture synthesis with nonlocal leaky-wave metasurface antennas.

Nature communications·2023
Same author

Switchable edge-line coupler based on parity time-reversal duality symmetry.

Scientific reports·2022
Same author

Evaluation of Control Program Against <i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> Infection in Dairy Herds During 2019-2021 in Emilia-Romagna Region, Northern Italy.

Frontiers in veterinary science·2022

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 5, 2025

Demonstration of Equal-Intensity Beam Generation by Dielectric Metasurfaces
09:33

Demonstration of Equal-Intensity Beam Generation by Dielectric Metasurfaces

Published on: June 7, 2019

6.2K

Dual-mode hyperbolicity, supercanalization, and leakage in self-complementary metasurfaces.

Enrica Martini1, Federico Giusti1, Alice Benini1

  • 1Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)
|December 5, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Anisotropic Self-Complementary Metasurfaces (SC-MTSs) offer unique hyperbolic dispersion properties. These metasurfaces can be engineered into dual-polarized leaky-wave antennas by controlling strip impedances.

Keywords:
Babinet’s principleantennasleaky-wavesmetasurfacesphased arrayself-complementarity

More Related Videos

Demonstration of Spin-Multiplexed and Direction-Multiplexed All-Dielectric Visible Metaholograms
08:48

Demonstration of Spin-Multiplexed and Direction-Multiplexed All-Dielectric Visible Metaholograms

Published on: September 25, 2020

5.7K
Characterization of Anisotropic Leaky Mode Modulators for Holovideo
09:36

Characterization of Anisotropic Leaky Mode Modulators for Holovideo

Published on: March 19, 2016

7.9K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 5, 2025

Demonstration of Equal-Intensity Beam Generation by Dielectric Metasurfaces
09:33

Demonstration of Equal-Intensity Beam Generation by Dielectric Metasurfaces

Published on: June 7, 2019

6.2K
Demonstration of Spin-Multiplexed and Direction-Multiplexed All-Dielectric Visible Metaholograms
08:48

Demonstration of Spin-Multiplexed and Direction-Multiplexed All-Dielectric Visible Metaholograms

Published on: September 25, 2020

5.7K
Characterization of Anisotropic Leaky Mode Modulators for Holovideo
09:36

Characterization of Anisotropic Leaky Mode Modulators for Holovideo

Published on: March 19, 2016

7.9K

Area of Science:

  • Electromagnetics and Metamaterials
  • Surface Wave Physics

Background:

  • Anisotropic Self-Complementary Metasurfaces (SC-MTSs) are engineered structures featuring alternating complementary inductive and capacitive strips.
  • These structures exhibit self-duality based on Babinet's principle and support dual-polarized surface waves.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the dispersion characteristics of SC-MTSs.
  • To explore the potential of SC-MTSs for designing novel antenna applications.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of isofrequency dispersion curves for surface wave modes.
  • Theoretical investigation of hyperbolic dispersion and its degeneration into linear behavior.

Main Results:

  • SC-MTSs support two orthogonally polarized surface-wave modes with identical phase velocities along principal directions.
  • Isofrequency curves are hyperbolic, classifying these as hyperbolic MTSs.
  • Degeneration of hyperbolic curves into near-linear lines was observed, indicating constant energy transport direction.

Conclusions:

  • SC-MTSs exhibit tunable hyperbolic or near-linear dispersion.
  • The ability to control energy transport direction makes SC-MTSs suitable for designing dual-polarized leaky-wave antennas.