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Negative reflections of electromagnetic waves in a strong chiral medium

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We investigate the reflection properties of electromagnetic/optical waves in isotropic lossless and lossy chiral media. When the chiral parameter is strong enough, we show that an unusual negative reflection occurs at the interface between a chiral medium and a perfectly conducting plane, where the incident wave and one of the reflected eigenwaves lie in the same side of the interface normal. Using such a property, we further demonstrate the focusing ability of such a conducting plane in the strong chiral medium.

Source: Applied Physics Letters

DOI: 10.1063/1.2804124

Authors: Chao Zhang, Tie Jun Cui

Institutions: University of New Mexico, State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University

Language: English

Topic: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

Subfield: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1565312825

FWCI: 3.11

Cites: 19

Cited by: 70

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