Fundamentals of Metamaterials for High-power RF Applications

Abstract

Microwave metamaterials have shown promise in numerous low power applications, ranging from strip lines to antennas. In general, metamaterials allow microwave designers to obtain electromagnetic characteristics not typically available in nature, leading to new behavior as well as reductions in the size of typical devices. High Power Microwave (HPM) sources have in the past drawn inspiration from work done in the conventional microwave source community. This programme of research focused on several key elements critical for the development of metamaterials for future HPM devices; the effects of disorder in metamaterials, the effect of high power on the material, and a comparative analysis of different realizations of metamaterial atoms .

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 2012
Accession Number
ADA556052

Entities

People

  • Elena Luchinski
  • Rebecca Seviour
  • Yap S. Tan

Organizations

  • University of Lancaster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Frequency
  • High Power Microwaves
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Metamaterials
  • Microwaves
  • Military Research
  • Radiation
  • Simulations
  • Strip Transmission Lines
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tunable Metamaterials

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics