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2011-03-25
Fractional Rectangular Waveguide Internally Coated with Chiral Nihility Metamaterial
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 17, 197-211, 2011
Abstract
The fields inside a rectangular waveguide with an internal coating of chiral nihility metamaterial are determined. These fields are then fractionalized utilizing the fractional curl operator to find the fields for the intermediate geometries which are also termed as the fractional order geometries. It is noted that no electric field exists inside the chiral nihility coating backed by perfect electric conductor (PEC) surface. The fractional order geometries are related through the principle of duality. The behavior of the fields with respect to the fractional parameter, α is analyzed.
Citation
Arbab Abdur Rahim, Muhammad Junaid Mughal, and Qaisar Naqvi, "Fractional Rectangular Waveguide Internally Coated with Chiral Nihility Metamaterial," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 17, 197-211, 2011.
doi:10.2528/PIERM10123010
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