We report true left-handed (LH) behavior in a composite metamaterial consisting of a periodically arranged split ring resonator (SRR) and wire structures. We demonstrate the magnetic resonance of the SRR structure by comparing the transmission spectra of SRRs with those of closed SRRs. We have confirmed experimentally that the effective plasma frequency of the LH material composed of SRRs and w...

A method for design and implementation of a compact via-less Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line (CRLH TL) is presented. By introducing a new circuit model, the CRLH transmission line behavior is studied versus the parameters variations to achieve the desired characteristic impedance and electrical length. Then a compact quarter wavelength CRLH transmission line with 70 Ω characte...

An improved planar structure of left-handed (LH) metamaterial is presented, and then designed and analyzed in microwave regime. In the anticipated LH frequency regime, the LH property is validated from the phenomena of backward wave propagation and negative refraction. To characterize the electromagnetic property of the planar metamaterial, we introduce the wedge method by constructing a wedge-...

We report the transmission and reflection characteristics of a two-dimensional (2D) left-handed metamaterial (LHM). A well-defined left-handed (LH) transmission band with a peak value of −9.9 dB is obtained at frequencies where both effective permittivity and permeability are negative. A very sharp dip −38 dB at the reflection spectrum due to impedance matching at the surface of a 2D LHM is obs...

AbstrAct: A scanning-beam antenna on metamaterial coplanar structures is presented. The proposed antenna is, in essence, a composite of Right/Left-Handed (CRLH) coplanar waveguide (CPW) structure incorporating distributed periodic structures with L-C high-pass filter topology which support left-handed (LH) waves. The negative refractive index (NRI) properties of these structures are shown theor...

A new compact ultrawideband (UWB) patch antenna based on the resonance mechanism of a composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) is proposed. The radiating element of the antenna is made from three left-handed (LH) metamaterial (MTM) unit cells placed along one axis, where each unit cell combines a modified split-ring resonator (SRR) structure with capacitively loaded strips (CLS...

The problem of homogenization, i.e. substantial reduction of the electrical size of the average lattice constant, of electromagnetic left-handed (LH), or more generally composite right/left-handed (CRLH) metamaterials (MTMs), is presented. The undesirable effects of an electrical very large structural unit cell are explained and illustrated by full-wave simulations and experiments with CRLH mus...

BACKGROUND There is a growing perception that the left handed (LH) medical students are facing difficulties while performing the clinical tasks that involve psychomotor skill, although the evidence is very limited and diverse. The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical psychomotor skills among Right-handed (RH) and left-handed (LH) medical students. METHODS For this study, 54 (27 left h...

A design method for an L-band frequency quadrupler with composite right/left-handed transmission line is proposed. The left-handed transmission line in the proposed frequency quadrupler suppresses the fundamental component ( f0), while the composite right/left-handed l/4 open stub reduces unwanted higher-order harmonics. From the experimental results, unwanted harmonics are suppressed to achiev...