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This paper discusses fundamental properties of metamaterials. It also discuss the recent research activities on metamaterials
in various areas such as antenna design, design of high frequency components & devices, microwave engineering etc. The
metamaterials are engineered media whose electromagnetic responses are different from those of their constituent components.
Here general advantages of metamaterials are pointed out. The main research directions related to metamaterials are discussed.
Keywords: Metamaterials, Permeability, Permittivity
1. INTRODUCTION
Metamaterials are artificial materials engineered to provide
properties which may not be readily available in nature.
These materials usually gain their properties from structure
rather than composition, using the inclusion of small
inhomogeneities to enact effective macroscopic behavior.
The metamaterials have entered into the main stream of
electromagnetics. The essential property in metamaterials
is their unusual and desired qualities that appear due to their
particular design & structure. In particular composite media
electromagnetic waves interact with the inclusions which
produce electric & magnetic moments, which in turn affect
the macroscopic effective permittivity & permeability of the
bulk composite medium. Since metamaterials can be
synthesized by embedding artificially fabricated inclusions
in a specified host medium. This provides the designer with
a large collection of independent parameters such as
properties of host materials, size, shape, and compositions
of inclusions. All these design parameters can play a major
role in getting the final result. In these the shape of the
inclusions is one that provides a new possibility for
metamaterial processing.
2. METAMATERIAL CLASSIFICATION
The response of a system to the presence of Electromagnetic
field is determined by the properties of the materials
involved. These properties are described by defining the
macroscopic parameters permittivity and permeability
of these materials. By using permittivity and permeability
the classification of metamaterials as follows, the medium
classification can be graphically illustrated as shown in fig. 1.1.
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3. TYPES OF METAMATERIALS
The Various types of metamaterials are,
3.1. Electromagnetic Metamaterials.
3.1.1. Negative Refractive index.
3.1.2. Different classes of Electromagnetic
Metamaterials.
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[10] Chin Yih Wu, Shih Huang Yeh and Tzu Hao Lu, Novel
High Gain Metamaterial Antenna Radome for Wimax
Operation in 5.8 Ghz Band IEEE Procedings, 2007.
4.2. Superlens
A superlens uses metamaterials to achieve resolution beyond
the diffraction limit. The diffraction limit is inherent in
conventional optical devices or lenses.
5. CONCLUSION
In this Paper, a short review of history of metamaterials,
some of silent features and ideas for metamaterial, various
types of metamaterials, various applications of
metamaterials has been discussed. Electromagnetic response
functions that can offer exciting possibilities of future design
of devices & components are reviewed. Some silent
properties of metamaterial have been reviewed.
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