Sparse random distribution of noninteracting small chiral spheres in a chiral host medium

Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Vijay K. Varadan; Vasundara V. Varadan

doi:10.1117/12.49610

11 November 1991 Sparse random distribution of noninteracting small chiral spheres in a chiral host medium

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Vijay K. Varadan, Vasundara V. Varadan

Proceedings Volume 1558, Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.49610
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Considered here are the effective medium properties of a chiral composite made of a dilute concentration of small non-interacting chiral spheres, randomly suspended in a chiral host medium. Volume integral equations to determine the scattering characteristics of an inhomogeneous chiral scatterer are given. These equations are utilized to derive the electromagnetic polarizabilities of a small, homogeneous, chiral sphere embedded in a homogeneous chiral host medium. Finally, from the polarizabilities, the effective properties of the chiral-chiral composite are obtained.

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Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Vijay K. Varadan, and Vasundara V. Varadan "Sparse random distribution of noninteracting small chiral spheres in a chiral host medium", Proc. SPIE 1558, Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media II, (11 November 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.49610

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