Reflection and transmission characteristics of bianisotropic slabs with(out) a soft and hard surface: clarification of the magnetic group of symmetry

Abstract

A comparative investigation is performed for examining the co- and cross-polarized reflection and transmission characteristics of some bianisotropic slabs with or without a backed soft and hard surface (SHS), respectively. The bianisotropic models treated here possess certain magnetic groups of symmetries, such as D∞(C∞) and D∞h(C∞v). Numerical examples are presented to show the effects resulting from changing the magnetic groups as well as the conductivity direction on SHS on the co- and cross-polarized reflection and transmission coefficients. Some generalized relations are found and discussed.