Microwave transmission measurements through wire array photonic crystals

Graeme Dewar; Nathan Souther; Michael Johnson

doi:10.1117/12.794803

4 September 2008 Microwave transmission measurements through wire array photonic crystals

Graeme Dewar, Nathan Souther, Michael Johnson

Proceedings Volume 7029, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications; 70290F (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.794803
Event: NanoScience + Engineering, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We have measured the microwave transmission between 12 and 18 GHz through wire arrays formed into two dimensional square lattices. One array made of copper wire 0.14 mm in radius consisted of five rows by 21 columns having a lattice constant of 5.2 mm. This array exhibited a pass band above 15 GHz, in good agreement with the calculated plasma frequency found from an expression for the permittivity derived in the long wavelength limit. A second array was made with Nichrome wire of radius 18 μm and lattice constant 1.1 mm. This array was filled with dielectric loaded with powdered magnetite. A sample of this metamaterial 5.8 mm thick and with no externally applied magnetic field exhibited a pass band above 17 GHz. Implications for creating metamaterials with a negative index of refraction from wire arrays embedded in a magnetic host are discussed.

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Graeme Dewar, Nathan Souther, and Michael Johnson "Microwave transmission measurements through wire array photonic crystals", Proc. SPIE 7029, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications, 70290F (4 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.794803

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