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Wave propagation : from electrons to photonic crystals and left-handed materials / Peter Markoš, Costas M. Soukoulis.

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This textbook offers the first unified treatment of wave propagation in electronic and electromagnetic systems and introduces readers to the essentials of the transfer matrix method, a powerful analytical tool that can be used to model and study an array of problems pertaining to wave propagation in...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Markoš, Peter (Author), Soukoulis, C. M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Wave-motion, Theory of.
Elastic waves.
Wave-motion, Theory of > Mathematics.
Electromagnetic waves > Transmission.
Wave-motion, Theory of > Mathematics
Electromagnetic waves > Transmission
Elastic waves
Wave-motion, Theory of
Table of Contents:
  • Transfer matrix
  • Rectangular potentials
  • [delta]-function potential
  • Kronig-Penney model
  • Tight binding model
  • Tight binding models of crystals
  • Disordered models
  • Numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation
  • Transmission and reflection of plane electromagnetic waves on an interface
  • Transmission and reflection coefficients for a slab
  • Surface waves
  • Resonant tunneling through double-layer structures
  • Layered electromagnetic medium : photonic crystals
  • Effective parameters
  • Wave propagation in nonlinear structures
  • Left-handed materials
  • Matrix operations
  • Summary of electrodynamics formulas.

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