Published December 16, 2002
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Journal article
Power propagation in homogeneous isotropic frequency-dispersive left-handed media
- 1. Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (United States)
Description
We study transmission at a boundary between a right-handed medium (RHM: ε>0, μ>0) and a frequency dispersive left-handed medium [LHM: ε(ω)<0, μ(ω)<0 for some ω], both homogeneous and isotropic. In order to account for the dispersion, two types of signal spectra are considered. The first consists of two discrete frequencies, while the second is Gaussian. Explicit expressions for the time-domain fields are obtained, from which the time-averaged Poynting vectors and hence power flow vectors are calculated. In both cases, we find that waves refract at negative angles at a RHM-LHM interface
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 89
- Journal Issue
- 25
- Journal Page Range
- p. 257401-257401.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35030334
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE PROPAGATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2002 The American Physical Society