title: Metamaterials: Critique and Alternatives
author: Benedikt A. Munk
description: A Convincing and Controversial Alternative Explanation ofMetamaterials with a Negative Index of Refraction
zlib_text: Homogenization of Structured Metasurfaces and
  Uniaxial Wire Medium Metamaterials for
  Microwave Applications
  By
  Chandra S. R. Kaipa
  M. S., The University of Mississippi, USA, 2009
  B. E., Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, 2005
  A Dissertation
  Submitted to the Faculty
  of The University of Mississippi
  in Partial Fulﬁllment of the Requirements
  for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
  with a major in Engineering Science
  in the School of Engineering
  The University of Mississippi
  July 2012
  
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