Negative reflection in a faraday chiral medium

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1368-1371

  Mackay, Tom G ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Faraday chiral medium; Isotropic chiral medium; Negative phase velocity; Negative reflection; Negative refraction

Indexed keywords

FARADAY EFFECT; PHASE VELOCITY; REFLECTION; REFRACTION;

FARADAY CHIRAL MEDIUM; ISOTROPIC CHIRAL MEDIUM; MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLING; NEGATIVE REFLECTION; NEGATIVE REFRACTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 43049134860     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23373     Document Type: Article

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