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The use of transformation electromagnetics for microwave applications is presented. Implementation of non-standard devices such as microwave antennas and waveguide tapers proposed by the Institut d’Electronique Fondamentale at the University of Paris-Sud are reviewed. The operating principle and the respective coordinate transformation of each device is presented and numerical simulations are performed to verify the theoretical formulations. The method to obtain constitutive electromagnetic parameters mimicking the calculated transformed space is detailed and confirmed by full-wave simulations performed using discrete material parameter values and by measurements performed on fabricated metamaterial-based prototypes. The results show that transformation electromagnetics is very interesting for the design and realization of high-performance non-standard devices.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank D. Germain, A. Sellier, X. Wu, and S. Kirouane for their help in the realization and characterization of the prototypes in this study. They also thank the French National Research Agency for its financial support through the METAPHORT, METAVEST, and METAPHOTONIQUE projects.

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    André de Lustrac, Shah Nawaz Burokur & Paul-Henri Tichit

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de Lustrac, A., Burokur, S.N., Tichit, PH. (2014). Transformation Electromagnetics and Non-standard Devices. In: Werner, D., Kwon, DH. (eds) Transformation Electromagnetics and Metamaterials. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4996-5_14

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