Left-handed electrodynamics and microwave mesostructures

We have started to investigate the fundamental electromagnetic properties of left-handed mesostructures in order to establish a basic understanding of their electromagnetic properties. Simulations have been performed on left-handed structures using Agilent's high frequency structure simulator. The structures were fabricated and measured in X-band waveguide. They were found to have a passband near 10 GHz. This waveguide technique is less complex than previously published chamber techniques.