• DocumentCode
    522391
  • Title

    Lens effect in parallel plate waveguide realized by using a metamaterial surface

  • Author

    Casaletti, M. ; Caminita, F. ; Maci, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Siena, Siena, Italy
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-16 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an idea for designing a planar Lüneburg lens inside a parallel plate waveguide by using an artificial metamaterial surface. In the present article, the surface is realized by a bed of nails. By modulating the heights of the nails, a variable impedance is obtained on one boundary of the parallel plate thus obtaining an equivalent desired refraction index for the guided wave. The method can be used for designing other kinds of planar lenses.
  • Keywords
    Lenses; Metamaterials; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6431-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-84-7653-472-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5505562