Toward the synthesis of artificial magnetic media

We report one possible approach to synthesizing an artificial magnetic medi um over a wide frequency band. A magnetic medium exhibits the property that the phase of the backscattered field relative to the incident field is clo se to 0 degrees. The magnetic medium proposed in this work is composed of l ossy elements in the formof folded dipoles. The reported medium could be ap plied to reduce the overall backscattered field from objects when suitably combined with a dielectric coating. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.