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arxiv: 0709.3691 · v1 · submitted 2007-09-24 · ⚛️ physics.optics

Negative reflection in a Faraday chiral medium

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keywords negativephaseplanepositivevelocitywavechiralfaraday
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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.

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