On electromagnetic waves in chiral media
Abstract
We analyze the propagation of electromagnetic waves through chiral media, i.e., through composite media consisting of macroscopic chiral objects randomly embedded in a dielectric. The peculiar effects that such media have on the polarization properties of the waves are placed in evidence. To demonstrate the physical basis of these effects, a specific example, chosen for its analytical simplicity, is worked out from first principles.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00934418
- Bibcode:
- 1979ApPhy..18..211J
- Keywords:
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- PACS 02;
- 41;
- 02