Uniaxial dielectric media with hyperbolic dispersion relations

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 363-367

  Mackay, Tom G ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b   Depine, Ricardo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bruggeman homogenization formalism; Elliptical dispersion relations; Hyperbolic dispersion relations

Indexed keywords

BRUGGEMAN HOMOGENIZATION FORMALISM; ELLIPTICAL DISPERSION RELATIONS; HYPERBOLIC DISPERSION RELATIONS; POYNTING VECTOR; UNIAXIAL DIELECTRIC MEDIA;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33645672117     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21350     Document Type: Article

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