Left handed composite media
First Claim
1. A medium operable to have at least one frequency band in which both effective permeability and effective permittivity are negative simultaneously, the medium comprising:
- a negative permeability medium; and
a negative permittivity medium spatially combined with said negative permeability medium to form the composite medium having a frequency band in which both effective permeability and effective permittivity are negative.
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Abstract
Composite media having simultaneous negative effective permittivity and permeability over a common band of frequencies. A composite media of the invention combines media, which are either themselves separately composite or continuous media, having a negative permittivity and a negative permeability over a common frequency band. Various forms of separate composite and continuous media may be relied upon in the invention. A preferred composite media includes a periodic array of conducting elements that can behave as an effective medium for electromagnetic scattering when the wavelength is much longer than both the element dimension and lattice spacing. The composite media has an effective permittivity εeff(ω) and permeability μeff(ω) which are simultaneously negative over a common set of frequencies. Either one or both of the negative permeability and negative permittivity media used in the invention may be modulable via external or internal stimulus. Additionally, the medium or a portion thereof may contain other media that have medium electromagnetic parameters that can be modulated. The frequency position, bandwidth, and other properties of the left-handed propagation band can then be altered, for example, by an applied field or other stimulus. Another possibility is the use of a substrate which responds to external or internal stimulus.
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42 Claims
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1. A medium operable to have at least one frequency band in which both effective permeability and effective permittivity are negative simultaneously, the medium comprising:
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a negative permeability medium; and
a negative permittivity medium spatially combined with said negative permeability medium to form the composite medium having a frequency band in which both effective permeability and effective permittivity are negative. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A left handed composite medium having a frequency band in which both effective permeability and effective permittivity are negative simultaneously, the left handed composite medium comprising:
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a supporting substrate;
a first array of elements, each element of which contributes with other elements of said first array to define a negative permeability composite medium having a negative permeability over a band of frequencies in said frequency band; and
a second array of elements arranged;
with said, negative permittivity composite medium by said substrate, each of said elements of said second array contributing with other elements of said second array to define a negative permittivity composite medium, the combination of said negative permeability composite medium and said negative permittivity composite medium defining a composite effective medium having a negative permittivity and a negative permeability over at least one common band of frequencies.- View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A left handed composite medium having a frequency band in which both effective permeability and effective permittivity are negative simultaneously, the left handed composite medium comprising:
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a plurality of adjacent units;
one of more split conductive element resonators disposed in each said plurality of adjacent units, said split conductive element resonators defined by two concentric conductive elements of thin metal sheets with a gap between the two concentric conductive elements and a break in continuity of each of said two conductive elements; and
one or more conducting wires disposed in each of said plurality of adjacent units, each wire parallel to a plane of each said split conductive element resonators disposed in each of said plurality of adjacent units;
whereinsaid split conductive element resonators and said conducting wires having a common frequency band over which there is simultaneous negative effective permeability and permittivity. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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