18) can be recast as L for easy calculations. Another way to express (20) is , (21) 0 Aexmi *[ :b] [ eir e -l a b z ] [ Bex,.,]where A,,,,, and B, , , , , are coefficients to be determined by boundary and/or excitation conditions.
CONCLUDING REMARKSThus, we have derived expressions for the ordinary and the extraordinary modes propagating in the xz plane of a PBN medium. The ordinary modes are unaffected by the anisotropy and the periodic inhomogeneity of the PBN medium, but the extraordinary modes are. Simple expressions for the extraordinary modes have been found. These are applicable when the anisotropy parameter is small in magnitude. We expect PBNTFs to become important in the context of sculptured thin films for optical applications [12]. ABSTRACT Numerical analysis for computing resonant frequencies of uniaxially anisotropic cylindrical resonators is presented. The resonator is placed on a grounded isotropic substrate and is couered with a metallic tuning plate. The generalized impedance boundary conditions are employed along the axis of the resonator to simplify the boundary-calue problem. Ample numerical results are presented, explicitly showing the dependence of the resonant frequency on the variation in the elements of the permitticity tensor. 0 1996 John Wilqy & Sons, Inc.