“…This 4 3 4 matrix has as elements the 2 3 2 matrices A, B, C, D defined in terms of the M matrix of dimension 4 (see section 2). Figure 2 shows a convenient representation of (12) in terms of a two-port network model. This representation is also valid for a slab constituted by a cascade of s homogeneous consecutive slabs 1, 2, 3, .…”