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Tunable Microwave Metamaterial Structures

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Metamaterials are artificial, engineered materials consisting of periodic arrangements of sub-wavelength unit cells, whose electromagnetic properties are primarily determined by their structure. Such artificially fabricated particles are able to generate an electromagnetic response that can be tailored independently for the electric and magnetic component of a wave. Hence, a periodic arrangement of these particles can be treated as an effective material described by a set of material parameters. This allows to create electromagnetic responses at a desired frequency that are not possible with naturally available materials. For example, at microwave frequencies the variety of magnetic materials is very limited. However, a magnetic response can be mimicked by using periodic arrangements of metallic rings.

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Maasch, M. (2016). Introduction. In: Tunable Microwave Metamaterial Structures . Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28179-7_1

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