Issue Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. Volume 46, Number 3, June 2009 Metamaterials Article Number 32608 Number of page(s) 6 Section Metamaterials 2007 DOI 10.1051/epjap:2008128 Published online 08 August 2008

Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 46, 32608 (2009)
DOI: 10.1051/epjap:2008128

Wave reflection by a periodic layered metamaterial

Reflection by a semi-infinite layered structure

L.M. Lytvynenko and S.L. Prosvirnin

Institute of Radio Astronomy of National Academy of Sciences, 4 Krasnoznamennaya St., 61002 Kharkov, Ukraine

prosvirn@rian.kharkov.ua

Received: 4 February 2008 / Received in final form: 10 April 2008 / Accepted: 2 June 2008 / Published online: 8 August 2008

Abstract
A technique incorporating the reflection matrix of a semi-infinite discrete layered periodic structure is employed to analyze the electromagnetic properties of a half-space filled with a layered metamaterial.

PACS
42.25.Fx - Diffraction and scattering.
42.70.Qs - Photonic bandgap materials.
42.25.Gy - Edge and boundary effects; reflection and refraction.

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