Epsilon-Near-Zero Nanoantennas

La Spada, Luigi

Abstract

In this paper the design of Epsilon Near Zero (ENZ) antennas, working in the infrared and optical regime, is presented. Two different structures are considered: the classical PEC antenna and the dielectric dipole covered by ENZ material antenna. The main crucial aspect concerning this paper is the possibility to reproduce the same behavior of a classical half-wavelength dipole also for shorter dimensions. The electromagnetic behavior of the structure (in terms of radiation efficiency, gain and bandwidth) becomes independent from its geometry. The proposed structure offers great potential in a wide variety of practical application fields such as detection and sensing, communications applications.

Citation

La Spada, L. (2014). Epsilon-Near-Zero Nanoantennas. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Body Area Networks. https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257015

• Conference Name: 9th International Conference on Body Area Networks
• Conference Location: London, Great Britain
• Start Date: Sep 29, 2014
• End Date: Oct 1, 2014
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Deposit Date: Dec 3, 2018
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Body Area Networks
• ISBN: 9781631900471
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.bodynets.2014.257015
• Keywords: epsilon-near-zero antennas, sensing telecommunications,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1410676