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5 Waves in Material Medium‐II: (Reflection & Transmission of Waves, Introduction to Metamaterials)
Introduction
The characteristics of material media and EM‐waves propagation in unbounded media are discussed in the previous chapter 4. Continuing the topics, this chapter is about the normal and oblique incidence of EM‐waves at the interface of two media. The characteristics of both the normal and oblique incident EM‐waves are obtained using an analytical method and convenient equivalent transmission line models. Under certain conditions, the interface surface of two media could acquire the property of a perfect electric conductor (PEC), or perfect magnetic conductor (PMC), or even a reactive impedance surface (RIS). These surfaces play a significant role in the modern microwave and antenna technologies. Some electromagnetic characteristics of the engineered composite materials, with negative permittivity and permeability, are also presented in the present chapter. These artificially structured materials are known as metamaterials. The realization, circuit modeling, and some applications of the metamaterials and metasurfaces are further presented in chapters 21 and 22, respectively. The properties of natural and artificial dielectrics are further examined in chapter 6.
Objectives
To discuss the normal and oblique incidence of the EM‐waves at the interface of two media.
To present the transmission line model of the normal and oblique incidence of the EM‐waves.
To obtain the dispersion diagrams of refracted waves in the isotropic and anisotropic media.
To obtain characteristics of Brewster and the critical angles of incidence.
To discuss the general properties of metamaterials media and their classifications.
To obtain some characteristics of the EM‐wave propagation in the metamaterials.
To obtain the circuit models of metamaterials.
To discuss the possibility of obtaining the flat lens, superlens, and hyperlens beyond the diffraction limit.
To discuss the nature of the Doppler effect and Cerenkov radiation in the metamaterials.
To discuss metamaterials as thin microwave absorbers.
5.1 EM‐Waves at Interface of Two Different Media
The EM‐waves can strike the interface of two media with different electrical characteristics, either normally or obliquely. If the second medium is a dielectric medium, the waves undergo both reflection and transmission, whereas if the second medium is a perfect conductor, the reflection occurs. The obliquely incident plane waves follow the well‐known Snell's law (also called Snell-Descartes law) of reflection and refraction. There are important applications of obliquely incident EM‐waves.
5.1.1 Normal Incidence of Plane Waves
