Figure 3

(a) Dimensions of the examined cell, (b) the MM slab formed by cascaded connection of fourteen individual units with length \(L_{sub} = 8.10\) mm, each of which has four SRRs along \(y-\)direction (a and b, respectively, refer to broader and narrower dimensions of the waveguide cross section)52, (c) a picture of the measurement setup operating at X-band, (d) a picture of the designed TRL calibration kit for microstrip measurements, (e) electric field distribution around the SRRs (side view), and (f) surface current distribution on the surface of the metals of SRRs (side view) at 11.867 GHz.