BIANISOTROPICS'97

International Conference and Workshop on Electromagnetics of Complex Media

Department of Mathematics - University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, 5-7 June 1997

FINAL PROGRAM

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Thursday 5 June 1997

8.30 - 9.00 Registration

9.00 - 9.10 Opening Address

• G Webb (Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Glasgow)

9.10 - 9.50 I. Introduction To Complex Materials
Chair: J M Arnold

• 9.10 - 9.15
  Introduction by the Chair
• 9.15 - 9.25
  Bianisotropy And Bianisotropics'97 - A Perspective
  W S Weiglhofer
• 9.25 - 9.50
  Fundamental Symmetry Aspects Of Chirality (Invited)
  L D Barron

9.50 - 10.40 II. Complex Composite Materials: Experimental Research
Chair: J M Arnold

• 9.50 - 10.15
  Measurement Techniques For Characterizing Handed Microwave Media (Invited)
  G Busse and A Jacob
• 10.15 - 10.40
  The Status Of Experimental Research On Chiral Composites (Invited)
  J H Cloete

10.40 - 11.10 Refreshments

11.10 - 12.55 II. Complex Composite Materials: Experimental Research (continued)
Chair: U B Unrau

• 11.10 - 11.15
  Introduction by the Chair
• 11.15 - 11.35
  A Prototype Chiral Absorber At Microwave Frequencies
  J H Cloete, S A Kuehl, S S Grove, E Kuehl, M Bingle and D F Pansegrouw
• 11.35 - 11.55
  Chiral Sections Of Differing Diameter For Circular Waveguide Measurements
  G Busse, J Schmitz and A F Jacob
• 11.55 - 12.15
  Study Of Reflexion Properties Of Heterogeneous Chiral Materials Under Oblique Incidence
  B Sauviac, E Chung, V Vigneras-Lefebvre, F Mariotte, and J P Parneix
• 12.15 - 12.35
  Comparison Of Theory And Measurements Of The Properties Of Helix- Loaded Chiral Composites
  C R Brewitt-Taylor, P G Lederer and S Haq
• 12.35 - 12.55
  Experimentally Observed And Numerically Predicted Scattering Response of Uniaxial Bianisotropic Chiral Material Slabs
  K W Whites and C Y Chung

Lunch

14.00 - 15.50 III. Rotationally Inhomogeneous Thin Films And Materials
Chair: S A Tretyakov

• 14.00 - 14.05
  Introduction by the Chair
• 14.05 - 14.30
  Dali's Dalliances: Sculptured Thin Films (Invited)
  A Lakhtakia
• 14.30 - 14.50
  Thin Film HBMs And Associated Optical Phenomena
  K Robbie and M Brett
• 14.50 - 15.10
  Axial Excitation Of A Nonlinear Dielectric TFHBM Slab: Second Harmonic Generation
  V C Venugopal and A Lakhtakia
• 15.10 - 15.30
  Nanostructured Chiral Surfaces
  K-H Ernst, C F McFadden, N D Spencer, M Mueller, U Mueller and U Ellerbeck
• 15.30 - 15.50
  Spatial Dispersion Influence On Acoustic Waves Propagation In Crystals With Chiral Properties Induced By The Rotating Electric Field
  S A Khakhomov and I V Semchenko

15.50 - 16.15 Refreshments

16.15 - 17.40 IV. Linear Complex Materials: Theory 1
Chair: G Kristensson

• 16.15 - 16.20
  Introduction by the Chair
• 16.20 - 16.40
  The Maxwell and Adjoint Systems For Complex Media: Physical Significance And Applications
  C Altman and K Suchy
• 16.40 - 17.00
  On The Scattering Of Electromagnetic Waves By A Chiral Obstacle
  C Athanasiadis and I G Stratis
• 17.00 - 17.20
  Waves With Linear, Quadratic And Cubic Coordinate Dependence Of Amplitude In Anisotropic And Bianisotropic Slabs
  G N Borzdov
• 17.20 - 17.40
  Theory Of Goos-Haenchen Effect At The Reflection Of Light From Bigyrotropic Interface
  S B Borisov, N N Dadoenkova, I L Lyubchanskii and M I Lyubchanskii

18.30 Civic Reception In Glasgow City Chambers

Friday 6 June 1997

9.00 - 10.35 V. Nonlinear Complex Materials
Chair: A H Sihvola

• 9.00 - 9.05
  Introduction by the Chair
• 9.05 - 9.30
  Nonlinear Electromagnetics And Complex Media (Invited)
  J M Arnold
• 9.30 - 9.55
  Pulse Propagation In Linear And Nonlinear Chiral Media (Invited)
  S A Maksimenko and G Y Slepyan
• 9.55 - 10.15
  Homogenization Of Cubically Nonlinear, Gyrotropic, Composite Media
  W S Weiglhofer and A Lakhtakia
• 10.15 - 10.35
  Electron Transport And Electromagnetic Properties Of Chiral Carbon Nanotubes
  G Y Slepyan, S A Maksimenko, O M Yevtushenko, A Lakhtakia and A V Gusakov

10.35 - 11.10 VI. Poster Session (And Refreshments)
Chair: W S Weiglhofer

• 10.35 - 10.40
  Introduction by the Chair

11.10 - 13.00 VII. Linear Complex Materials: Theory 2
Chair: K Suchy

• 11.10 - 11.15
  Introduction by the Chair
• 11.15 - 11.40
  Time-Domain Methods For Complex Media (Invited)
  G Kristensson
• 11.40 - 12.00
  Effect of Dissipation On The Constitutive Relations Of Bi-Anisotropic Media - The Optical Response
  J Friden, G Kristensson and A H Sihvola
• 12.00 - 12.20
  Electromagnetic Field Radiated By An Electric Point-Source In The Omega Medium With Circular Cylindrical Symmetry
  L Vegni and A Toscano
• 12.20 - 12.40
  Diffraction By Dense Array Of Thin Long Spirals
  V V Yatsenko and S A Tretyakov
• 12.40 - 13.00
  Surface Waves At A Plane Interface Of Semi-Infinite Faraday Chiral Media
  V V Fisanov and D A Marakasov

Lunch

14.00 - 15.00 VIII. Round Table Discussion
Chairs: S A Maksimenko and U B Unrau

15.00 - 15.30 Refreshments And Poster Viewing

15.30 - 17.35 IX. Linear Complex Materials: Applications
Chair: J H Cloete

• 15.30 - 15.35
  Introduction by the Chair
• 15.35 - 15.55
  Optimal Design Using Stratified Bianisotropic Media
  M Norgren
• 15.55 - 16.15
  Effective Properties Of Plane Stratified Bianisotropic Systems
  A N Borzdov
• 16.15 - 16.35
  Dispersion Characteristics Of The Fundamental Modes Of A Coupled Microstrip Line On A Chiral Substrate
  G Plaza, F Mesa and M Horno
• 16.35 - 16.55
  1-D And 2-D Microstrip Periodic Structures On The Bianisotropic Substrate
  I S Nefedov
• 16.55 - 17.15
  Analysis Of Solid-Plasma Coaxial Waveguide By The Method Of Lines
  K P Ivanov, V I Miteva, R Pregla and W Pascher
• 17.15 - 17.35
  Interference Compensation Of Optical Anisotropy Effect On Transmission And Reflection In Uniaxial Crystals
  E G Starodubtsev

18.45 Conference Dinner

Saturday 7 June 1997

9.00 - 10.30 X. Linear Complex Materials: Theory 3
Chair: A Lakhtakia

• 9.00 - 9.05
  Introduction by the Chair
• 9.05 - 9.30
  Image Theory Of Complex Media And Structures (Invited)
  I V Lindell
• 9.30 - 9.50
  Electromagnetic Fields In Source Regions Of Bianisotropic Media
  W S Weiglhofer
• 9.50 - 10.10
  Closed Form Green's Functions For Various Scalar Second And Fourth Order Operators
  F Olyslager and I V Lindell
• 10.10 - 10.30
  Field Singularities At Conducting Edges In General Bianisotropic Media
  B Jakoby

10.30 - 11.00 Refreshments

11.00 - 12.50 XI. Complex Composite Materials: Theoretical Research
Chair: K W Whites

• 11.00 - 11.05
  Introduction by the Chair
• 11.05 - 11.30
  Progress In The Homogenization Theories Of The Maxwell Equations For Inhomogeneous Media (Review Of Russian Works) (Invited)
  A P Vinogradov
• 11.30 - 11.50
  Maxwell Garnett And Bruggeman Formalisms For Bianisotropic Particulate Composites -- Review And Numerical Results
  B Michel
• 11.50 - 12.10
  Homogenisation Problems Of Mixtures Involving Non-Isotropic Constituent Materials
  A H Sihvola and I V Lindell
• 12.10 - 12.30
  Multi-Polarisability Polyadics And Spatial Dispersion Of Bianisotropic And Complex Composite Media
  L R Arnaut
• 12.30 - 12.50
  Quasistatic Principles In The Theory of Bianisotropic Composites
  E O Kamenetskii

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Please address all correspondence and inquiries to the conference and workshop organizer (email should be used for all correspondence whenever possible):

Dr Werner S Weiglhofer

• Tel: (+44) 141 330 4124 (direct line)
• Tel: (+44) 141 330 5176 (Secretary)
• Fax: (+44) 141 330 4111
• e-mail: tropics@maths.gla.ac.uk

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