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Simultaneous amplification and attenuation in isotropic chiral materials
The electromagnetic field phasors in an isotropic chiral material (ICM) are
superpositions of two Beltrami fields of different handedness. Application of
the Bruggeman homogenization formalism to two-component composite materials
delivers ICMs wherein Beltrami fields of one handedness attenuate whereas
Beltrami waves of the other handedness amplify. One component material is a
dissipative ICM, the other an active dielectric material