Abstract
The electromagnetic field phasors in an isotropic chiral material (ICM) are superpositions of two Beltrami fields of different handedness. Application of the Bruggeman homogenization formalism to two-component composite materials delivers ICMs wherein Beltrami fields of one handedness attenuate whereas Beltrami fields of the other handedness amplify. One component material is a dissipative ICM, the other an active dielectric material. The range of the volume fraction of the active component material for which simultaneous amplification and attenuation is exhibited decreases - but does not vanish - as the ICM component becomes more dissipative and as its chirality parameter reduces in magnitude.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 055104 |
| Journal | Journal of Optics (United Kingdom) |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - May 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics