• DocumentCode
    2941988
  • Title

    Corrected Fresnel coefficients for lossy materials

  • Author

    Canning, Francis X.

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Anal. Group, Mav6, Alexandria, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    2123
  • Lastpage
    2126
  • Abstract
    The Fresnel Equations that describe the transmitted and reflected waves at an interface between materials with different dielectric and/or magnetic properties are re-examined. A subtle error is discovered in the well known derivation of these formulas for lossy materials. Correcting this subtle error changes these formulas and results in replacing the complex valued angle by a real valued angle and in changing the reflection and transmission coefficients.
  • Keywords
    absorbing media; dielectric materials; magnetic materials; corrected Fresnel coefficient; dielectric material; lossy material; magnetic material; reflected waves; subtle error change; transmitted wave; Boundary conditions; Electromagnetics; Equations; Media; Propagation losses; Reflection; Fresnel Equations; Lossy Material; Reflection; Snell´s Law; Transmission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Spokane, WA
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9562-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2011.5996930
  • Filename
    5996930