Generalized WKB Approximation for Stratified Isotropic Chiral Media with Obliquely Incident Plane Wave

References

• Lindell , I. V. and Sihvola , A. H. Sept. 1989 . “ Generalized WKB approximation for stratified isotropic chiral structures ” . In Helsinki Univ. Tech. Edectromagnetics Lab. Rept. 52 Sept. , To appear in J. Electro. Waves Applic
   Google Scholar
• Bremmer , H. 1965 . “ The W.K.B. approximation as the first term of a geometric-optical series ” . In The Theory of Electromagnetic Waves , Edited by: Kline , M. 105 – 115 . New York : Dover .
   Google Scholar
• Bahar , E. 1967 . Generalized WKB method with applications to problems of propagation in nonhomogeneous media . J. Math. Phys. , 8 ( No. 9 ) Sept. : 1735 – 1746 .
   Google Scholar
• Jaggard , D. L. , Sun , X. and Engheta , N. 1988 . Canonical sources and duality in chiral media . IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. , 36 ( No. 7 ) July : 1007 – 1013 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lakhtakia , A. , Varadan , V. V. and Varadan , V. K. 1988 . Field equations, Huygens's principle, integral equations, and theorems for radiation and scattering of electromagnetic waves in isotropic chiral media . J. Opt. Soc. Am. A , 5 ( No. 2 ) Feb. : 175 – 184 .
   Google Scholar
• Silberstein , L. 1912 . Electromagnetische Grundgleichungen in bivektorieller Behandlung . Ann. Phys. , 22 ( No. 3 ) May : 579 – 587 . Vol. 24, No. 14, 783–784, 1907; Phil. Mag., Vol. 23, No. 137, 790–809
   Google Scholar
• Stratton , J. A. 1941 . Electromagnetic Theory , 32 – 34 . New York : McGraw-Hill .
   Google Scholar
• Rumsey , V. H. 1961 . A new way of solving Maxwell's equations . Trans. IRE Antennas Propagat. , AP-9 ( No. 5 ) Sept. : 461 – 465 .
   Google Scholar
• Lindell , I. V. , Sihvola , A. H. , Viitanen , A. J. and Tretyakov , S. A. 1990 . Geometrical optics in inhomogeneous chiral media with application to polarization correction in inhomogeneous microwave lens antennas . J. Electro. Waves Applic. , 4 ( No. 6 ) : 533 – 548 .
   Google Scholar
• Collin , R. E. 1966 . Foundations for Microwave Engineering , 148 New York : McGraw-Hill .
   Google Scholar
• Bassiri , S. , Papas , C. H. and Engheta , N. 1988 . Electromagnetic wave propagation through a dielectric-chiral interface and through a chiral slab . J. Opt. Soc. Am. A , 5 ( No. 9 ) Sept. : 1450 – 1459 .
   Google Scholar
• Viitanen , A. J. , Lindell , I. V. , Sihvola , A. H. and Tretyakov , S. A. 1990 . Eigensolutions for the reflection problem of the interface of two chiral half spaces . J. Opt. Soc. Am. A , 7 ( No. 4 ) April : 683 – 692 .
   Google Scholar
• Lindell , I. V. 1983 . Complex vector algebra in electromagnetics . Int. J. Elect. Enging. Educ. , 20 : 33 – 47 .
   Google Scholar
• Wait , J. R. 1962 . Electromagnetic Waves in Stratified Media , London : Pergamon Press .
   Google Scholar