Negative reflection in a Faraday chiral medium
Optics
2008-03-28 v1
Abstract
The four wavenumbers associated with planewave propagation in a Faraday chiral medium (FCM) with relatively huge magnetoelectric coupling give rise to enhanced possibilities for negative-phase-velocity propagation and therefore negative refraction. They can also give rise to the phenomenon of negative reflection. In particular, for a nondissipative example, we deduced that an incident plane wave with positive/negative phase velocity can result in a negatively reflected plane wave with negative/positive phase velocity, as well as a positively reflected plane wave with positive/negative phase velocity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.3691,
title = {Negative reflection in a Faraday chiral medium},
author = {Tom G. Mackay and Akhlesh Lakhtakia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3691},
year = {2008}
}