Electrical conductivity in the right-handed and left-handed systems: interrelation and conductivity window

Abstract

We used LCR transmission lines to model right-handed (conventional material) and left-handed (electromagnetic metamaterial) systems. Both systems are perturbed by an electric field and expressions for the electrical conductivity are obtained. An expression that relates both conductivities is obtained, a numerical analysis shows explicitly the parameter range for the occurrence of a window of conductivity.

Keywords:

• electrical conductivity
• transmission lines
• metamaterials
• waveguides

Pacs:

• 72.80.Le
• 42.25.Bs
• 84.40.Az
• 81.05.Xj
• 84.40.Az
• 42.82.Et