Left-Handed Transmission Line Based on Resonant-Slot Coupled Cavity Chain

In this letter, a novel realization of left-handed transmission line is presented; the proposed structure is based on identical symmetrical resonant-slot coupled cavity chain. The dispersion characteristic of the resonant-slot coupled cavity chain is analyzed by means of field theory and finite element method (FEM) eigenmode simulation, and a left-handed passband is proved to exist. A backward wave behavior is demonstrated unambiguously from FEM driven modal simulation. The phase front is observed to be in the opposite direction with respect to the energy one for a finite nine-unit cell prototype