Anthology of Milestone Papers

6. A. Lakhtakia (Editor), Selected Papers on Linear Optical Composite Materials, Milestone Volume No. 120, Bellingham, WA: SPIE Optical Engineering Press (1996); 696 pages; ISBN: 0-8194-2152-9.

Linear Composites (1993 - )

188. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Maxwell-Garnett estimates of the effective properties of a general class of discrete random composites,' Acta Crystallographica A, 49, 1993, 266 - 269.
190. A. Lakhtakia, V.K. Varadan & V.V. Varadan, 'On the Maxwell-Garnett model for chiral composites,' Journal of Materials Research, 8, 1993, 917 - 922.
195. A. Lakhtakia & B. Shanker, 'Beltrami fields within continuous source regions, volume integral equations, scattering algorithms, and the extended Maxwell-Garnett model,' International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics in Materials, 4, 1993, 65 - 82.
196. A. Lakhtakia & C.S. Vikram, 'Variations of the effective refractive index of a particulate composite,' Optical Engineering, 8, 1993, 1996 - 1998.
199. W.S. Weiglhofer, A. Lakhtakia & J.C. Monzon, 'Maxwell-Garnett model for composites of electrically small uniaxial objects,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 6, 1993, 681 - 684.
200. A. Lakhtakia, 'Frequency-dependent continuum electromagnetic properties of a gas of scattering centers,' Advances in Chemical Physics, 85, Part 2, 1993, 311 - 359.
206. B. Shanker & A. Lakhtakia, 'Extended Maxwell Garnett model for chiral-in-chiral composites,' Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 26, 1993, 1746 - 1758.
210. A. Lakhtakia, 'On the polarizability dyadics of electrically small, convex objects,' International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 14, 1993, 2269 - 2275.
211. A. Lakhtakia, 'Application of the Waterman-Truell approach for chiral composites,' International Journal of Electronics, 75, 1993, 1243 - 1249.
212. B. Shanker & A. Lakhtakia, 'Extended Maxwell Garnett formalism for composite adhesives for microwave-assisted adhesion of polymer surfaces,' Journal of Composite Materials, 27, 1993, 1203 - 1213.
213. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Electromagnetic wave propagation in super-cholesteric liquid crystals parallel to the helical axis,' Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 26, 1993, 2117 - 2122.
220. M.T. Prinkey, A. Lakhtakia & B. Shanker, 'On the extended Maxwell-Garnett and the extended Bruggeman approaches for dielectric-in-dielectric composites,' Optik, 96, 1994, 25 - 30.
236. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Towards the generalized super-cholesteric material. I. Construction and axial wave propagation,' Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 48, 1994, 339 - 343.
243. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'On singularities of dyadic Green functions and long-wavelength scattering,' Electromagnetics, 15, 1995, 209 - 222.
246. B. Michel & A. Lakhtakia, 'Strong-property-fluctuation theory for homogenizing chiral particulate composites,' Physical Review E, 51, 1995, 5701 - 5707.
249. A. Lakhtakia, 'The future of matching layers in optics: functional gradient materials,' Speculations in Science and Technology, 18, 1995, 68 - 75.
266. A. Lakhtakia, 'Bruggeman formalism for uniaxial dielectric-magnetic composites,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 11, 1996, 290 - 291.
268. A. Lakhtakia, 'On homogenization of impedance-matched chiral-in-chiral composites,' Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 29, 1996, 957 - 962.
275. B. Michel & A. Lakhtakia, 'On the application of strong property fluctuation theory for homogenizing chiral-in-chiral composites,' Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 29, 1996, 1431 - 1440.
289. A. Lakhtakia, B. Michel & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'The role of anisotropy in the Maxwell Garnett and Bruggeman formalisms for uniaxial particulate composites,' Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 30, 1997, 230 - 240.
293. A. Lakhtakia, B. Michel & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Bruggeman formalism for two models of uniaxial composite media: dielectric properties,' Composites Science and Technology, 57, 1997, 185 - 196.
301. W.S. Weiglhofer, A. Lakhtakia & B. Michel, 'Maxwell Garnett and Bruggeman formalisms for a particulate composite with bianisotropic host medium,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 15, 1997, 263 - 266; erratum: 22, 1999, 221.
318. A. Lakhtakia, 'Incremental Maxwell Garnett formalism for homogenizing particulate composite mediums,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 17, 1998, 276 - 279.
321. B. Michel, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Homogenization of linear bianisotropic particulate composite media -- Numerical results,' International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 9, 1998, 167 - 178; corrections: 10, 1999, 537.
324. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'The correct constitutive relations of chiroplasmas and chiroferrites,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 17, 1998, 405 - 408.
329. W.S. Weiglhofer, A. Lakhtakia & B. Michel, 'On the constitutive parameters of a chiroferrite composite medium,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 18, 1998, 342 - 345.
347. B. Michel & A. Lakhtakia, 'The covariance function, bilocal approximation, and homogenization of chiral-in-chiral composite materials,' Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 32, 1999, 404 - 406.
350. N.P. Zhuck & A. Lakhtakia, 'Effective constitutive properties of a disordered elastic solid medium via the strong-fluctuation approach,' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 455, 1999, 543 - 566.
368. A. Lakhtakia, 'On percolation and circular Bragg phenomenon in metallic, helicoidally periodic, sculptured thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 24, 2000, 239 - 244.
369. V.C. Venugopal, A. Lakhtakia , R. Messier & J.-P. Kucera, 'Low-permittivity materials using sculptured thin film technology,' Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 18, 2000, 32 - 36.
375. A. Lakhtakia, 'On direct and indirect scattering approaches for homogenization of particulate composites,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 25, 2000, 53 - 56.
379. J.A. Sherwin, A. Lakhtakia & B. Michel, 'Homogenization of similarly oriented, metallic, ellipsoidal inclusions using the Bruggeman formalism,' Optics Communications, 178, 2000, 267 - 273.
323. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Maxwell Garnett formalism for cubically nonlinear, gyrotropic, composite media,' International Journal of Electronics, 84, 1998, 285 - 294.
387. A. Lakhtakia, 'Orthogonal symmetries of polarizability dyadics of bianisotropic ellipsoids,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 27, 2000, 175 - 177.
391. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Strong-property-fluctuation theory for homogenization of bianisotropic composites: Formulation,' Physical Review E, 62, 2000, 6052 - 6064; erratum: 63, 2001, 049901.
395. B. Michel, A. Lakhtakia , W.S. Weiglhofer & T.G. Mackay, 'Incremental and differential Maxwell Garnett formalisms for bianisotropic composites,' Composites Science and Technology, 61, 2001, 13 - 18.
406. A. Lakhtakia, 'Enhancement of optical activity of chiral sculptured thin films by suitable infiltration of void regions,' Optik, 112, 2001, 145 - 148; correction: 112, 2001, 544.
410. A. Lakhtakia, M.W. McCall, J.A. Sherwin, Q.H. Wu & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'Sculptured-thin-film spectral holes for optical sensing of fluids,' Optics Communications, 194, 2001, 33 - 46.
411. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Ellipsoidal topology, orientation diversity and correlation length in bianisotropic composite mediums,' Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 55, 2001, 243 - 251.
414. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Homogenisation of similarly oriented, metallic, ellipsoidal inclusions using the bilocally approximated strong-property-fluctuation theory,' Optics Communications, 197, 2001, 89 - 95.
418. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Third-order implementation and convergence of the strong-property-fluctuation theory in electromagnetic homogenization, Physical Review E, 64, 2001, 066616.
423. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nominal model for structure-property relations of chiral dielectric sculptured thin films,' Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 34, 2001, 1499 - 1514; corrections: 35, 2002, 1355 - 1363.
430. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Bragg-Pippard formalism for bianisotropic particulate composites,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 33, 2002, 40 - 44.
442. J.A. Sherwin, A. Lakhtakia & I.J. Hodgkinson, 'On calibration of a nominal structure-property relationship model for chiral sculptured thin films by axial transmittance measurements,' Optics Communications, 209, 2002, 369 - 375.
452. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nominal model for the optical response of a chiral sculptured thin film infiltrated with an isotropic chiral fluid,' Optics Communications, 214, 2002, 231 - 245.
467. J.A. Sherwin & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nominal model for the optical response of a chiral sculptured thin film infiltrated by an isotropic chiral fluid --- oblique incidence,' Optics Communications, 222, 2003, 305 - 329.
472. A. Lakhtakia & M.W. Horn, 'Bragg-regime engineering by columnar thinning of chiral sculptured thin films,' Optik, 114, 2003, 556 - 560.
478. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Enhanced group velocity in metamaterials,' Journal of Physics A: Mathematical & General, 37, 2004, L19 - L24.
483. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Plane waves with negative phase velocity in Faraday chiral mediums,' Physical Review E, 69, 2004, 026602.
485. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'A limitation of the Bruggeman formalism for homogenization,' Optics Communications, 234, 2004, 35 - 42.
490. F. Chiadini & A. Lakhtakia, 'Extension of Hodgkinson's model for optical characterization of columnar thin films,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 42, 2004, 72 - 73.
510. B.M. Ross & A. Lakhtakia, 'Bruggeman approach for isotropic chiral mixtures revisited,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 44, 2005, 524 - 527.
528. A. Lakhtakia & T.G. Mackay, 'Size-dependent Bruggeman approach for dielectric-magnetic composite materials,' AEÜ International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 59, 2005, 348 - 351.
532. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Anisotropic enhancement of group velocity in a homogenized dielectric composite medium,' Journal of Optics A: Pure & Applied Optics, 7, 2005, 669 - 674.
534. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Negative phase velocity in isotropic dielectric-magnetic media via homogenization,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 47, 2005, 313 - 315.
545. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Percolation thresholds in the homogenization of spheroidal particles oriented in two directions,' Optics Communications, 259, 2006, 727 - 737.
549. A. Lakhtakia & T.G. Mackay, 'Negative phase velocity in isotropic dielectric-magnetic media via homogenization: Part II,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48, 2006, 709 - 712.
563. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Correlation length and negative phase velocity in isotropic dielectric-magnetic materials,' Journal of Applied Physics, 100, 2006, 063533.
569. A. Lakhtakia & T.G. Mackay, 'Meet the metamaterials,' OSA Optics & Photonics News, 18 (1), January 2007, 32 - 39.
574. A.J. Duncan, T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'On the Bergman-Milton bounds for the homogenization of dielectric composite materials,' Optics Communications, 271, 2007, 470 - 474.
576. A. Lakhtakia & T.G. Mackay, 'Electrical control of the linear optical properties of particulate composite materials,' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 463, 2007, 583 - 592.
586. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Scattering loss in electro-optic particulate composite materials,' Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 2007, 083523.
591. A. Lakhtakia, 'Toward optical sensing of metal nanoparticles using chiral sculptured thin films,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 1, 2007, 019502.
641. A. Duncan, T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'The homogenization of orthorhombic piezoelectric composites by the strong-property-fluctuation theory,' Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 42, 2009, 165402.
651. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'On the application of homogenization formalisms to active dielectric composite materials,' Optics Communications, 282, 2009, 2470 - 2475.
658. A. Duncan, T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'On the homogenization of orthotropic elastic composites by the strong-property-fluctuation theory,' IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 74, 2009, 507 - 532.
660. A. Lakhtakia, 'Constraints on effective constitutive parameters of certain bianisotropic laminated composite materials,' Electromagnetics, 29, 2009, 508 - 514.
669. A. Shalabney, A. Lakhtakia, I. Abdulhalim, A. Lahav, C. Patzig, I. Hazek, A. Karabchevsky, B. Rauschenbach, F. Zhang & J. Xu, 'Surface plasmon resonance from metallic columnar thin films,' Photonics and Nanostructures- Fundamentals and Applications, 7, 2009, 176 - 185.
673. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Determination of constitutive and morphological parameters of columnar thin films by inverse homogenization,' Journal of Nanophotonics, 4, 2010, 041535.
676. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Empirical model of optical sensing via spectral shift of circular Bragg phenomenon,' IEEE Photonics Journal, 2, 2010, 92 - 101.
681. G.Ya. Slepyan, M.V. Shuba, S.A. Maksimenko, C. Thomsen & A. Lakhtakia, 'Terahertz conductivity peak in composite materials containing carbon nanotubes: Theory and interpretation of experiment,' Physical Review B, 81, 2010, 205423.
683. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Modeling columnar thin films as platforms for surface-plasmonic-polaritonic optical sensing,' Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications, 8, 2010, 140 - 149.
713. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Towards a realization of Schwarzschild-(anti-)de Sitter spacetime as a particulate metamaterial,' Physical Review B, 83, 2011, 195424 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195424].
716. Y.J. Liu, J. Shi, F. Zhang, H. Liang, J. Xu, A. Lakhtakia, S.J. Fonash & T.J. Huang, 'High-speed optical humidity sensors based on chiral sculptured thin films,' Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical, 156, 2011, 593 - 598 [doi:10.1016/j.snb.2011.02.003].
725. Y.-J. Jen, A. Lakhtakia, C.-W. Yu, J.-J. Jhou, W.-H. Wang, M.-J. Lin, H.-M. Wu & H.-S. Liao, 'Silver/silicon dioxide/silver sandwich films in the blue-to-red spectral regime with negative-real refractive index,' Applied Physics Letters, 99, 2011, 181117 [doi:10.1063/1.3658624].
728. T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Modeling chiral sculptured thin films as platforms for surface-plasmonic-polaritonic optical sensing,' IEEE Sensors Journal, 12, 2012, 273 - 280 [doi:10.1109/JSEN.2010.2067448].
730. T.A. Anderson, T.G. Mackay & A. Lakhtakia, 'Toward a cylindrical cloak via inverse homogenization,' Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 29, 2012, 239 - 243 [doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.000239].
735. M. V. Shuba, A. G. Paddubskaya, A. O. Plyushch, P. P. Kuzhir, G. Ya. Slepyan, S. A. Maksimenko, V. K. Ksenevich, P. Buka, D. Seliuta, I. Kasalynas, J. Macutkevic, G. Valusis, C. Thomsen & A. Lakhtakia, 'Experimental evidence of localized plasmon resonance in composite materials containing single-wall carbon nanotubes,' Physical Review B, 85, 2012, 165435 [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.165435].

Nonlinear Composites

256. G.Ya. Slepyan, S.A. Maksimenko, F.G. Bass & A. Lakhtakia, 'Nonlinear electromagnetics in chiral media: Self-action of waves,' Physical Review E, 52, 1995, 1049 - 1058.
270. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Dilute nonlinear particulate composites comprised by linear bianisotropic inclusions in nonlinear dielectric host media,' Optical Engineering, 35, 1996, 1112 - 1118.
272. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Maxwell Garnett approach for nonlinear dilute particulate composites with bi-isotropic host media,' International Journal of Electronics, 80, 1996, 665 - 676.
278. G. Ya. Slepyan, A. Lakhtakia & S.A. Maksimenko, 'Bruggeman and Maxwell Garnett models of a chiral composite with weak cubic nonlinearities,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 12, 1996, 342 - 346.
279. A. Lakhtakia, 'Extended Maxwell Garnett formulae for weakly nonlinear dielectric-in-dielectric composites,' Optik, 103, 1996, 85 - 87.
280. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'A nonlinear bianisotropic composite medium made with a weakly quadratic nonlinear dielectric host medium,' Archiv für Elektronik und Übertragungstechnik, 50, 1996, 285 - 288.
282. W.S. Weiglhofer & A. Lakhtakia, 'Mediation of nonlinear polarization by the magnetic field in a composite medium with a chiral component,' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 13, 1996, 285 - 287.
389. A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Maxwell Garnett formalism for weakly nonlinear, bianisotropic, dilute, particulate composite media,' International Journal of Electronics, 87, 2000, 1401 - 1408.
401. M.N. Lakhtakia & A. Lakhtakia, 'Anisotropic composite materials with intensity-dependent permittivity tensor: The Bruggeman approach,' Electromagnetics, 21, 2001, 129 - 137.
407. A. Lakhtakia, 'Application of strong permittivity fluctuation theory for isotropic, cubically nonlinear, composite mediums,' Optics Communications, 192, 2001, 145 - 151.
434. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'Homogenisation of isotropic, cubically nonlinear, composite mediums by the strong-property-fluctuation theory: Third-order considerations,' Optics Communications, 204, 2002, 219 - 228.
470. T.G. Mackay, A. Lakhtakia & W.S. Weiglhofer, 'The strong-property-fluctuation theory for cubically nonlinear, isotropic chiral composite mediums,' Electromagnetics, 23, 2003, 455 - 479.

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