Metamaterials with negative parameters: Theory, design and microwave applications

Dedicatory. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. The electrodynamics of left-handed media. 1.1. Wave propagation in left-handed media. 1.2. Energy density and group velocity. 1.3. Negative refraction. 1.4. Fermat principle. 1.5. Other effects in left-handed media. 1.5.1. Inverse Doppler effect. 1.5.2. Backward Cerenkov radiation. 1.5.3. Negative Goos-Hanchen shift. 1.6. Waves at interfaces. 1.6.1. Transmission and reflection coefficients. 1.6.2. Surface waves. 1.7. Waves through left-handed slabs. 1.7.1. Transmission and reflection coefficients. 1.7.2. Guided waves. 1.7.3. Backward leaky and complex waves. 1.8. Slabs with epsilon/epsilon o -1 and / o -1. 1.8.1. Phase compensation and amplification of evanescent…