Guided modes in chiroplasma-filled perfect electromagnetic conductor parallel-plate waveguides

Abstract

Theoretical analysis of electromagnetic wave propagation in a perfect electromagnetic conductor (PEMC) parallel-plate waveguide filled with a chiroplasma material is presented in this article. The derived formulations are general and can analyze perfect electric, perfect magnetic, or PEMC waveguides filled with any general isotropic/anisotropic material including plasma and metamaterials. The characteristic equation for the modes in this waveguide is obtained, and the behavior of the dispersion curves and the energy flux are examined and evaluated numerically. The results demonstrate that the chirality parameter, the plasma frequency, and the cyclotron frequency influence the behavior of the energy flux transported in the guide, in magnitude and orientation. The bifurcated mode cutoff frequencies are sensitive to the variations in the filling material parameters and likewise effected by the variations in the PEMC walls admittance parameter.