Title : 
Are nonreciprocal bi-isotropic media forbidden indeed?
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Electromagn. Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Doubt is cast in this article on the universality of the conclusion that linear bi-isotropic media have to be reciprocal, which claim has recently been set forth by Lakhtakia and Weiglhofer (see ibid., vol. 42, no. 9, p. 1715-6, 1994)
         
        
            Keywords : 
electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave propagation; linear media; nonreciprocal bi-isotropic media; universality; Couplings; Electromagnetics; Equations; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic materials; Permeability; Permittivity; Polarization; Tensile stress;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on