Reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves from a uniaxial chiral slab placed in an isotropic chiral medium

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Shoukat, Sobia^{a; *} | Syed, Aqeel A.^a | Naqvi, Q.A.^a

Affiliations: [a] Department of Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Sobia Shoukat, Department of Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan. E-mail: sobia.shoukat@ymail.com

Abstract: In this article, we investigate the reflection and transmission properties of a uniaxial chiral slab of infinite extent and placed in an isotropic chiral medium. The effect of polarization of the incident field and material parametric dependence of the reflected and transmitted power has been analyzed. The formulas for the reflected and transmitted power are derived and numerical results for various slab parameters are presented. It has been shown that the transmission or rejection of the fields can be controlled by varying the material parameters of the slab.

Keywords: Uniaxial chiral slab, chiral media, circular polarization

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-131691

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 639-652, 2013