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Investigation of the Reflective Properties of a Left-Handed Metamaterial
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Durham, Amanda
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Year and Degree
2007, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Physics.
Abstract
The purpose of this project is to investigate the reflective properties of a left-handed metamaterial (LHM) through the use of a finite element analysis software called FEMLAB. In the 1960’s, V. Veselago theorized that a material with negative permeability and negative permittivity has a negative index of refraction. In 2000, such a metamaterial was built and demonstrated at microwave frequencies. Previous work had focused on the transmission properties of the metamaterial. In our work, the reflected wave was examined for a LHM subject to an incident transverse electric wave. The different generalizations, first proposed by Veselago, of the Fresnel and Snell’s equations for LHM’s were rederived. We show that the reflectance does not distinguish between normal materials and metamaterials, and, through computational results, that FEMLAB can be used for LHM’s.
Committee
Lok Lew Yan Voon (Advisor)
Pages
100 p.
Keywords
Left-handed
;
Metamaterial
;
Reflectivity
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Durham, A. (2007).
Investigation of the Reflective Properties of a Left-Handed Metamaterial
[Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1176238735
APA Style (7th edition)
Durham, Amanda.
Investigation of the Reflective Properties of a Left-Handed Metamaterial.
2007. Wright State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1176238735.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Durham, Amanda. "Investigation of the Reflective Properties of a Left-Handed Metamaterial." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1176238735
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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