An Approximate Model for Artificial Chiral Material

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1592-1599

  Bahr, Alfred J ^a   Clausing, Karl R ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RESONANCE;

ARTIFICIAL CHIRAL MATERIAL; CONDUCTING HELICES; LOSSY ISOTROPIC ACHIRAL HOST MATERIAL; MUTUAL COUPLING; NEAR FIELD LOSSES; POLARIZABILITY COEFFICIENTS; RERADIATION FIRST ORDER EFFECTS; TIME HARMONIC VARIATION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0028698891     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.362815     Document Type: Article

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