Waves and Fields: From Uniaxial to Biaxial Mediums, in Between and Beyond

Abstract

First, a consistent perspective for the formulation of constitutive dyadics for biaxial mediums - for the anisotropic dielectric and the full bianisotropic cases - is provided. Then, the connection between the existence of closed-form, infinite-medium, dyadic Green functions and the factorization properties of certain scalar differential operators is explored by focusing on a special type of homogeneous, anisotropic, dielectric medium. Its anisotropy is of a higher degree of complexity than an uniaxial medium's but falls short of a fully biaxial medium's.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 29, 2000
Accession Number
ADP011588

Entities

People

  • A. Lakhtakia
  • W. S. Weiglhofer

Organizations

  • University of Glasgow

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Delta Functions
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Fourier Transformation
  • Integrals
  • Magnetic Properties
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Time Dependence
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Linear Algebra
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.