Superwide-band negative refraction of a symmetrical E-shaped metamaterial with two electromagnetic resonances

A symmetrical E-shaped metamaterial is investigated in this paper. Numerical simulations disclose the two electromagnetic resonances and the superwide negative-refractive band of this structure. The distributions of the induced current in the E-shaped copper wires show that these two electromagnetic resonances originate from the current flowing in the different C-shaped rings. The retrieved negative-refractive band is superwide, and the negative refraction with high transmission occurs in the different bands. The metamaterial with two or even more electromagnetic resonances offers an opportunity for the realization of wide-band negative refraction.