Modeling a Negative Refractive Index (RF)

Application ID: 12583


It is possible to engineer the structure of materials such that both the permittivity and permeability are negative. Such materials are realized by engineering a periodic structure with features comparable in scale to the wavelength. It is possible to model both the individual unit cells of such a material, as well as to model to properties of a bulk negative index material. This example demonstrates the correct way to model a metamaterial domain with bulk negative permittivity and permeability.

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