Metamaterials and plasmonics are cross-disciplinary fields that are emerging into the mainstream of many scientific areas. Examples of scientific and technical fields which are concerned are electrical engineering, micro- and nanotechnology, microwave engineering, optics, optoelectronics, and semiconductor technologies. In plasmonics, the interplay between propagating electromagnetic waves and free-electron oscillations in materials are exploited to create new components and applications. On the other hand, metamaterials refer to artificial composites in which small artificial elements, through their collective interaction, creates a desired and unexpected macroscopic response function that is not present in the constituent materials.

This book charts the state of the art of these fields. In May 2008, world-leading experts in metamaterials and plasmonics gathered into a NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Marrakech, Morocco. The present book contains extended versions of 22 of the presentations held in the workshop, covering the general aspects of the field, as well as design and modelling questions of plasmonics and metamaterials, fabrication issues, and applications like absorbers and antennas.

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Preface. General Aspects Of Metamaterials And Plasmonics. Handedness in Plasmonics: Electrical Engineer's Perspective; A. Sihvola, S. Zouhdi.- Bounds on Metamaterials - Theoretical and Experimental Results; G. Kristensson et al.- Transformation Media And Cloaking. Plasmonic Cloaks; A. Alù and N. Engheta.- Geometrical Transformations for Numerical Modelling and for New Material Design in Photonics; A. Nicolet et al.- Transformation and Moving Media: A Unified Approach Using Geometric Algebra; M A. Ribeiro and C. R. Paiva.- Effective Medium Modeling. Homogenization of Split-Ring Arrays, Seen as the Exploitation of Translational Symmetry; A. Bossavit.- Mixing Formulas and Plasmonic Composites; H. Wallén et al.- Applications: Antennas, Absorbers. Applications of EBG in Low Profile Antenna Designs: What Have We Learned?; Y. Rahmat-Samii and F. Yang.- Negative Index Metamaterial Lens for the Scanning Angle Enhancement of Phased-Array Antennas; T. Lam et al.- Application of Wire Media in Antenna Technology; S.Hrabar.- Optimization of Radar Absorber Structures using Genetic Algorithms N. Lassouaoui et al.- Design of Metamaterial-Based Resonant Microwave Absorbers with Reduced Thickness and Absence of a Metallic Backing; F Bilotti and L. Vegni.- Metamaterial Elements And Components. Dual-Mode Metamaterial-Based Microwave Components; D. S. Goshi et al.- Chiral Swiss Rolls; M C. K. Wiltshire.- Trapped-Mode Resonances in Planar Metamaterials with High Structural Symmetry; S. Prosvirnin et al.- Fabricating Plasmonic Components for Nano- and Meta-Photonics; A. Boltasseva et al.- Line Source Excitation ofan Array of Circular Metamaterial Cylinders: Boundary Value Solution and Applications; B. H. Henin et al.- Surfaces And Planar Structures. Analytical Modeling of Surface Waves on High Impedance Surfaces; A. B. Yakovlev et al.- Migration and Collision of Magnetoplasmon Modes in Magnetised Planar Semiconductor-Dielectric Layered Structures; A. G.Schuchinsky and X. Yan.- Transmission Lines And Waveguides. Dispersion Engineering in Resonant Type Metamaterial Transmission Lines and Applications; J. Bonache et al.- Compact Dual-band Rat-Race Coupler Based on a Composite Right/Left Handed Transmission Line; X. Hu and S.He.- Dispersion and Losses in Metamaterial DNG H-Guides; A. L. Topa et al.- List of Contributors.