Title : 
Comment on "Are nonreciprocal bi-isotropic media forbidden indeed?"
         
        
            Author : 
Lakhtakia, A. ; Weiglhofer, W.S. ; Sihvola, Ari H.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Eng. Sci. & Mech., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
For original paper see A.H. Sihvola, ibid., vol.43, pp.2160-2 (1995). In a recent paper, Sihvola has cast doubt on our claim that all bi-isotropic media must be reciprocal. We show that Sihvola´s doubt has no rational basis.
         
        
            Keywords : 
electromagnetic wave propagation; nonreciprocal bi-isotropic media; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic fields; Equations; Kernel; Laboratories; Lorentz covariance; Manufacturing; Mathematics; Microwave theory and techniques; Nonhomogeneous media;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on