Split ring resonator-based left-handed coplanar waveguide

In this letter, a planar left-handed propagating medium consisting of a coplanar waveguide (CPW) inductively coupled to split ring resonators (SRR) and periodically loaded with narrow metallic wires is proposed. The wires make the structure behave as a microwave plasma with a negative effective perm...

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Autores: Martín, Ferran|||0000-0002-1494-9167, Bonache Albacete, Jordi|||0000-0002-7225-5737, Falcone Lanas, Francisco, Sorolla Ayza, Mario, Marqués, R.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:116246
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/116246
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1063/1.1631392
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Planar waveguides
Wave propagation
Coupled resonators
Microwave circuits
Microwaves
Permittivity
Transmission coefficient
Transmission measurement
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Sumario:In this letter, a planar left-handed propagating medium consisting of a coplanar waveguide (CPW) inductively coupled to split ring resonators (SRR) and periodically loaded with narrow metallic wires is proposed. The wires make the structure behave as a microwave plasma with a negative effective permittivity which covers a broad frequency range. The negative permeability required to achieve left-handed wave propagation is provided by the rings in the vicinity of their resonant frequency. The result is a structure which allows negative wave propagation in a narrow frequency band. The transmission coefficient measured in a fabricated prototype device exhibits very low insertion losses in the pass band and high-frequency selectivity. Since rings are much smaller than signal wavelength at resonance and can be easily tuned, SRR-CPW-based structures are of interest for the design of very compact microwave circuits based on left handedness.