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Solutions of Maxwell's equations for electromagnetic fields inside a waveguide coated with chiral nihility metamaterial and having one axis fractal are presented in this paper. A two-dimensional line source placed at the center of the waveguide is taken as an excitation. Power of electromagnetic fields inside the waveguide is determined, and results are plotted for various fractal dimension values ranging from 1 < D ≤ 2, and thickness of the chiral nihility coating.

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