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Sommerfeld's forerunner in stratified isotropic and bi-isotropic media

Rikte, Sten LU (1994) In Technical Report LUTEDX/(TEAT-7036)/1-25/(1993)
Abstract
Using well-established time domain methods, Sommerfeld’s classical results

for the forerunner (the first precursor) at distant points in a homogeneous,

isotropic, and dispersive half-space are generalized to the stratified, isotropic,

and bi-isotropic slab cases, with arbitrary transient, normally incident, plane

wave excitation. The results hold at each point and impedance mismatch

cases are treated as well. As a consequence of the analysis, it is seen that also

inhomogeneities in a non-dispersive medium cause oscillations in the signal’s

early time behavior, similar to those in the dispersive medium.
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  abstract     = {{Using well-established time domain methods, Sommerfeld’s classical results<br/><br>
for the forerunner (the first precursor) at distant points in a homogeneous,<br/><br>
isotropic, and dispersive half-space are generalized to the stratified, isotropic,<br/><br>
and bi-isotropic slab cases, with arbitrary transient, normally incident, plane<br/><br>
wave excitation. The results hold at each point and impedance mismatch<br/><br>
cases are treated as well. As a consequence of the analysis, it is seen that also<br/><br>
inhomogeneities in a non-dispersive medium cause oscillations in the signal’s<br/><br>
early time behavior, similar to those in the dispersive medium.}},
  author       = {{Rikte, Sten}},
  institution  = {{[Publisher information missing]}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{TEAT-7036}},
  series       = {{Technical Report LUTEDX/(TEAT-7036)/1-25/(1993)}},
  title        = {{Sommerfeld's forerunner in stratified isotropic and bi-isotropic media}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/6235547/624857.pdf}},
  year         = {{1994}},
}