On the constitutive relations of G-chiral media and the possibility to realize negative-index media

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2534-2538

  Qiu, Cheng Wei ^a,b   Yao, Hai Ying ^b   Zouhdi, Saïd ^b   Li, Le Wei ^b   Leong, Mook Seng ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Backward waves; Chiral materials; Constitutive relations; G chiral media; Metamaterial; Negative index media

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BACKWARD WAVES; CHIRAL MATERIALS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; G-CHIRAL MEDIA; METAMATERIALS; NEGATIVE INDEX MEDIA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 33750555354     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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