Handedness reversal of circular Bragg phenomenon due to negative real permittivity and permeability

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 716-722

  Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FUNCTIONS; HARDNESS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION; THIN FILMS; VECTORS;

BRAGGS PHENOMENON; BRAGGS REFLECTORS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 0344129399     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.000716     Document Type: Article

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