DocumentCode :
840742
Title :
Explicit expression for Brewster angles of isotropic-bi-isotropic interface
Author :
Lindell, Ismo V. ; Sihvola, Ari H. ; Viitanen, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Electromagn. Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Volume :
27
Issue :
23
fYear :
1991
Firstpage :
2163
Lastpage :
2165
Abstract :
An explicit expression giving the two Brewster angles for the interface between isotropic and bi-isotropic (nonreciprocal chiral) media is presented. These angles correspond to two eigenpolarisations for which the reflection of a plane wave is zero at the interface. The result contains as a special case an expression for the Brewster angles of the chiral interface, which appears not to have been found earlier in closed form. A qualitatively new effect when compared to the isotropic problem is the appearance of two real Brewster angles for certain bi-isotropic media. This effect is seen to prevail only with nonzero chirality of the medium.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave refraction; Brewster angles; bi-isotropic media; chiral interface; eigenpolarisations; explicit expression; isotropic-bi-isotropic interface; nonreciprocal chiral;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0013-5194
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/el:19911339
Filename :
104101
Link To Document :
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