Reflection and Transmission of Guided Electromagnetic Waves at an Air-Chiral Interface and at a Chiral Slab in a Parallel-Plate Waveguide

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 1895-1906

  Mariotte, Frédéric ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; WAVEGUIDES;

CHIRAL SLABS; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0027695163     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.273414     Document Type: Article

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