• DocumentCode
    1013179
  • Title

    Tunable negative refractive index metamaterial phase shifter

  • Author

    He, P. ; Parimi, P.V. ; He, Y. ; Harris, V.G. ; Vittoria, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Northeastern Univ., Boston
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    25
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1440
  • Lastpage
    1441
  • Abstract
    A tunable compact phase shifter utilising negative refractive index metamaterial is demonstrated. The negative index metamaterial is composed of a periodic copper wire pattern sandwiched between two slabs of high quality yttrium iron garnet films. Near ferrimagnetic resonance, a phase shift tuning of 160deg/kOe is achieved at 24 GHz. The insertion loss varies from 4 to 7 dB for a 1 cm-long composite.
  • Keywords
    circuit tuning; copper; ferrite devices; ferromagnetic resonance; garnets; iron alloys; metamaterials; microwave phase shifters; yttrium alloys; ferrimagnetic resonance; frequency 24 GHz; loss 4 dB to 7 dB; negative refractive index metamaterial phase shifter; periodic copper wire; phase shift tuning; size 1 cm; tunable compact phase shifter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20072451
  • Filename
    4405610