A new miniaturized dominant mode leaky-wave antenna is proposed. This antenna is a transmission line structure with radiating wavenumber increasing from negative to positive values, providing backward to forward scanning capability as frequency is increased. The antenna profile is designed based on microstrip technology using balanced composite right left handed transmission lines (CRLH TL) app...

We investigate experimentally the collisions of nonlinear envelope pulses in a left-handed transmission line with regularly spaced Schottky varactors. By measuring the test line, we successfully observed that when two nonlinear envelope pulses traveling in opposite directions collide, two new envelope pulses are developed. These new pulses satisfy the phase-matching condition, and their carrier...

In this article, an open slot split ring resonator (OSSRR) is introduced to realize a composite right/left handed (CRLH) transmission line structure in microstrip technology. The CRLH line is synthesized by etching OSSRR in the ground plane and interdigital capacitor in the microstrip line. Simulated and measured scattering parameter of the structure is presented. The dispersion characteristic ...

The influence of a microsphere having simultaneously negative permittivity and permeability (Left-Handed Sphere) on decay rate of allowed (E 1) and forbidden (M 1) transitions is considered. It is found, that in contrast to usual (Right-Handed) materials it is possible to increase the decay rate by several orders of magnitude even in the case of sphere of small radii. This enhancement is due to...

A leaky wave antenna (LWA) using composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) composed of ladder network has been investigated [1]. The effect of transmission line length and height on the gain and bandwidth is clarified in [1]. In order to increase the gain of the LWA, mushroom-shaped unit cell has been investigated in [2]. Chip capacitance is used for series capacitance. The band...

We study analytically and numerically the impact of second-neighbor interactions on propagation an initial wave-packet through a coupled nonlinear left-handed transmission line. start with detailed analysis dispersion curve group velocity. then use quasi-discrete approximation respect to long wavelength transverse perturbations reduce discrete model lattice Schrödinger equation. A product veloc...

OBJECTIVE The study aims to compare transcallosal inhibition (TI), as assessed by the paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) technique, in a sample of right-handed subjects (RH) and left-handed subjects (LH). Motor thresholds (MTs) and motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes were also measured in the two groups, as an index of corticospinal activity. METHODS Thirty-two normal su...