## Abstract Analysis of electromagnetic planewave propagation in a medium which is a spatiotemporally homogeneous, temporally nonlocal, isotropic, chiral medium in a comoving frame of reference shows that the medium is both spatially and temporally nonlocal with respect to all non‐co‐moving inertia
Infinite phase velocity as the boundary between positive and negative phase velocities
✍ Scribed by Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Tom G. Mackay
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-2477
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The concept of infinite‐phase velocity (IPV) is shown as the boundary between positive‐ and negative‐phase velocities (PPVs and NPVs). As materials displaying PPV and NPV are physically realizable, we conjecture that this applies IPV materials as well. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 41: 165–166, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20081
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