THREE-DIMENSIONAL METAMATERIAL

摘要

In a metamaterial, a dielectric layer (13) includes a host medium (22) and dielectric bodies disposed in rows with predetermined intervals therebetween is sandwiched between a pair of conductive mesh plates (11) each having holes (12), thereby forming a functional layer including dielectric resonators (20R) corresponding to the dielectric bodies (20). The metamaterial is configured by laminating the functional layers. The holes (12) and the dielectric resonators (20R) are positioned coaxially and an electromagnetic wave is propagated in each of the functional layers in a propagation direction perpendicular to a multi-layered laminate surface such that the metamaterial function as a left-handed metamaterial in relation to the propagation direction perpendicular to the multi-layered surface.