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Dielectric ground plane design over bianisotropic media

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In this contribution we show how it is possible to construct a new multilayer dielectric ground plane using bianisotropic media that is highly reflective over a broad range of wavelengths at all angles. This omnidirectional dielectric reflector-unlike metal-is nearly totally lossless and can be engineered to have extremely high reflectivity. The plane wave solution is then used to study in a rigorous way the wave equations satisfied by the electromagnetic field in a layered structure filled with such a material. Numerical results are also presented as a function of the material parameters in order to demonstrate the features of this approach.

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  1. Dipartimento di Elettronica Applicata, Università “Roma Tre”, Via della Vasca, Navale, 84 00146, Roma, Italy

    Alessandro Toscano & Lucio Vegni

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Toscano, A., Vegni, L. Dielectric ground plane design over bianisotropic media. J Comput Electron 5, 229–234 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-006-8849-7

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