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Interaction of electromagnetic waves with fractal structures

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A review and analysis is presented of the state of theoretical and experimental investigations of the problem of the interaction of electromagnetic waves with different inhomogeneous media possessing fractal properties. Such problems are classified and the approaches to solving them are discussed, including those implemented by the present authors.

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 76–87, October, 1993.

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Donchenko, V.A., Kistenev, Y.V., Noskov, M.D. et al. Interaction of electromagnetic waves with fractal structures. Russ Phys J 36, 955–964 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00559160

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