A 2 × 2 matrix algebra for electromagnetic wave propagation in stratified biaxial media

AEU-Archiv fur Elektronik und Ubertragungstechnik

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-126

  Jovanovic, Nenad ^a   Papousek, Walter ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Multilayer; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; REFLECTION; TENSORS; VECTORS; ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THIN FILMS;

FRESNEL REFLECTION; STRATIFIED BIAXIAL MEDIA; TRANSMISSION MATRICES; ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; BIAXIAL MEDIA; MAGNETIC FIELD VECTORS; TRANSMISSION MATRIX;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0035002759     PISSN: 00011096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1434-8411-00017     Document Type: Letter

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