Bruggeman approach for isotropic chiral mixtures revisited

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 524-527

  Ross, Benjamin M ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruggeman approach; Chiral materials; Composite materials; Excess polarization; Homogenization; Local field; Polarizability density

Indexed keywords

BRUGGEMAN APPROACH; CHIRAL MATERIALS; EXCESS POLARIZATION; HOMOGENIZATION; LOCAL FIELD; POLARIZABILITY DENSITY;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 15544388665     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20685     Document Type: Article

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