Dielectric Metamaterials and Metasurfaces in Transformation Optics and Photonics addresses the complexity of electromagnetic responses from arrays of dielectric resonators, which are often omitted from consideration when using simplified metamaterials concepts. The book's authors present a thorough consideration of dielectric resonances in different environments which is needed to design optical and photonic devices. Dielectric metamaterials and photonic crystals are compared, with their effects analyzed. Design approaches and examples of designs for invisibility cloaks based on artificial media are also included. Current challenge of incorporating artificial materials into transformation optics-based and photonics devices are also covered.

Wireless communications, radiolocation, medical and navigation systems are just a few areas where microwave technology is rapidly advancing and where new materials, process techniques and device designs are demanded. At microwave frequencies, full-wave electromagnetic field phenomena strongly affect the propagation of signals, so that comprehensive simulation modeling becomes a necessary tool for new design evaluation. This book presents full-wave analysis of resonance phenomena in basic microwave devices, i.e. capacitors, microstrip antennas and resonators performed by using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method, one of the most versatile computational techniques presently available. The key simulation results are verified experimentally. This study should provide deeper physical insight into the operation of passive microwave components through numerous details describing resonance fields in time and frequency domains; help to understand problems related to incorporation high permittivity dielectrics in the designs; and should be especially useful to microwave component designers, researchers, university instructors, students, and anyone who uses FDTD simulation method.