title: Depolarization properties of a periodic sequence of chiral and material layers.
abstract: We consider the electromagnetic field due to the reflection and transmission of a plane wave by a bounded periodic structure containing chiral layers. The problem is solved using the 2x2-block-representation transfer-matrix formulation. The frequency and angular dependences of the reflection and transmission coefficients are given. The boundaries of the passbands and stopbands are determined from the basic-element transfer-matrix eigenvalue analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Theoretical Radio Physics, Kharkov National University, Kharkov, Ukraine. tvr@vega.kharkov.ua
authors.forename: Vladimir R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Tuz
authors.forename: Vadim B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Kazanskiy