Abstract

A plane harmonic electromagnetic wave obliquely incident on a plane stratified bianisotropic medium with multiple discontinuities in the parameters is considered. A covariant wave-splitting approach, based on the use of the formula of integration by parts for multiplicative integrals and the impedance concept, is presented. It encompasses various types of decomposition of the total internal field into two waves propagating in opposite directions, including the physical and vacuum wave splittings treated earlier in the literature, and provides a convenient means for both analytical investigation and numerical calculation of evolution operators (Green’s functions) and impedance tensors of split waves as well as characteristic matrices and reflection and transmission tensors of stratified bianisotropic media. The potentialities of the approach are illustrated by its application to the problems of reflection, transmission, and guided propagation, and by generalizing the method of multiple reflections to the case of stratified bianisotropic media.

Full Text
Paper version not known

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.