Abstract
Axial propagation modes in locally biaxial, dielectric, helicoidal bianisotropic media (HBMs) are analyzed. Each axial propagation mode is shown to consist of two circularly polarized (transverse) plane waves and a longitudinal plane wave, all three with different spatial frequencies. The time-averaged Poynting vector of each mode is analyzed in terms of the power densities and the energy-flow directions of the transverse plane-wave components. A previously prescribed constraint on the constitutive properties of dissipative dielectric HBMs is replaced by a less restrictive one.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 275-286 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Optics Communications |
| Volume | 161 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - Mar 15 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering