Exotic leaky wave radiation from anisotropic epsilon near zero metamaterials

Abstract

We investigate the emission of electromagnetic waves from biaxial subwavelength metamaterials. For tunable anisotropic structures that exhibit a vanishing dielectric response along a given axis, we find remarkable variation in the launch angles of energy associated with the emission of leaky wave radiation. We write closed form expressions for the energy transport velocity and corresponding radiation angle $\phi$, defining the cone of radiation emission, both as a functions of frequency, and material and geometrical parameters. Full wave simulations exemplify the broad range of directivity that can be achieved in these structures.