Author(s)

Pierre Hillion

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Electromagnetic wave propagation is first analyzed in a composite material mde of chiral nano-inclusions embedded in a dielectric, with the help of Maxwell-Garnett formula for permittivity and permeability and its reciprocal for chirality. Then, this composite material appears as an homo-geneous isotropic chiral medium which may be described by the Post constitutive relations. We analyze the propagation of an harmonic plane wave in such a medium and we show that two different modes can propagate. We also discuss harmonic plane wave scattering on a semi-infinite chiral composite medium. Then, still in the frame of Maxwell-Garnett theory, the propagation of TE and TM fields is investigated in a periodic material made of nano dots immersed in a dielectric. The periodic fields are solutions of a Mathieu equation and such a material behaves as a diffraction grating.

Composite Materials, Maxwell-Garnett, Constitutive Relations, TE TM Fields

P. Hillion, "Wave Propagation in Nanocomposite Materials," Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, Vol. 2 No. 7, 2010, pp. 411-417. doi: 10.4236/jemaa.2010.27053.