The correct constitutive relations of chiroplasmas and chiroferrites

Werner S. Weiglhofer, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

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Abstract

Chiroplasmas and chiroferrites were originally theoretically conceptualized as media which combine the properties of isotropic chiral media with those of dielectric/magnetic gyrotropic media. We clarify here a problem concerning the correct characterization of such media through their frequency-domain constitutive relations. Furthermore, we show that a homogenized composite medium with isotropic chiral and gyrotropic component media is considerably more complicated than envisioned: chiroplasmas and chiroferrites must be bianisotropic, combining gyrotropic dielectric/magnetic with gyrotropic-like magnetoelectric properties.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)405-408
Number of pages4
JournalMicrowave and Optical Technology Letters
Volume17
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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