Analytical expressions are derived for the complex wave number and characteristic wave impedance of plane waves propagating in a generalized isotropic medium with electric and magnetic losses. This approach does not require the operation of taking the square root of a complex number.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 36–40, October, 2014.
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Fisanov, V.V. Forward and Backward Plane Waves in a Generalized Isotropic Medium. Russ Phys J 57, 1336–1341 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-015-0386-z
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