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Abstract

Focal region fields of a perfect electromagnetic conductor (PEMC) paraboloidal reflector placed in homogenous and reciprocal chiral medium are analyzed under the effect of high chirality parameter. The chiral medium supports both negative phase velocity (NPV) and positive phase velocity (PPV) modes simultaneously under strong electromagnetic coupling. The geometrical optics (GO) fields have singularities at the focal region. Therefore, to avoid these singularities Maslov's method is used for the focal region fields. The results obtained using this method are solved numerically, and line plots for the reflected field of the paraboloidal PEMC reflector are obtained for different values of admittance of the PEMC paraboloidal reflector and chirality parameter of the medium.

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Dr. Tariq Rahim

Dr. Muhammad Junaid Mughal

Dr. Qaisar Abbas Naqvi