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James R. Baker-Jarvis, Michael D. Janezic, Derik Love, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Christopher L. Holloway, Pavel Kabos
Abstract
In this paper we present a simple experimental procedure for studying the phase velocity behavior of a metafilm with tunable material properties. Using this approach we have studied the phase-velocity behavior of a metamaterial under different conditions. We show that a negative-phase velocity is not a sufficient condition for classifying a material as having negative-index material characteristics.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume
42
Issue
10
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
Group velocity, metamaterial, negative index, phase velocity
Baker-Jarvis, J.
, Janezic, M.
, Love, D.
, Wallis, T.
, Holloway, C.
and Kabos, P.
(2006),
Phase Velocity in Resonant Structures, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
(Accessed October 11, 2025)