Detailed Project Descriptions
Fabrication & Testing Facilities

METAMATERIALS (MTMs)

Transmission-line metamaterials

Volumetric metamaterials

Transformation Electromagnetics

Negative-refractive-index media

Superlensing

Small antennas

Multifrequency/multifunctional antennas and microwave components

CMOS/Active/Recongigurable MTMs



METASCREENS & SUPER-OSCILLATIONS

Sub-wavelength focusing & Imaging at microwaves

Beyond the 'Diffraction Limit"

Beyond the 'Fourier Transform Limit"


PLASMONICS

Micron scale optical devices

Plasmonic metascreens

Plasmonic nano-antennas

Nanoscale optical circuits



FUNDAMENTAL ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY

Complex modes

Near-field focusing

Analysis of 2D & 3D periodic structures

Metamaterial homogenization

The physics of backward waves


DIGITAL INTERCONNECTS
AND HIGH-SPEED DESIGN


Simple lumped element models for vertical interconnects (vias)

Mode conversion effects introduced by vias

Ground bounce modeling and suppression