Simultaneous negative- and positive-phase-velocity propagation in an isotropic chiral medium

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1245-1246

  Mackay, Tom G ^a,b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Infinite phase velocity; Negative refraction; Positive refraction

Indexed keywords

INFINITE PHASE VELOCITY; NEGATIVE REFRACTION; PLANE WAVES; POSITIVE REFRACTION;

CHIRALITY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRACTION;

PHASE VELOCITY;

EID: 34248160075     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22434     Document Type: Article

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