Plane-Wave Reflection from Uniaxial Chiral Interface and Its Application to Polarization Transformation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1397-1404

  Lindell, Ismo V ^a   Sihvola, An Henrik ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHOLESTERIC SLAB; HELICAL CRYSTALS; PLANE WAVE REFLECTIONS; POLARIZATION TRANSFORMATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0029512863     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.475928     Document Type: Article

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