ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF A CHIRAL-PLASMA MEDIUM

The theoretical properties of a composite chiral-plasma medium are dev eloped. By using the reaction theorem for a magnetized chiroplasma, we obtain the proof of nonreciprocity based upon the constitutive relati onships between electromagnetic vectors-E, B, H, D. Using the Maxwell' s equations and the proposed constitutive relations for a chiral-plasm a medium, we derive the vectors E and H and from these equations, disp ersion relations and E-field polarizations are based. The obtained res ults for waves propagating parallel to the external magnetic field in a cold magnetized chiro-plasma are compared with typical results obtai ned for a cold plasma. For circulary polarized waves, a new mode conve rsion is founded with the chiral effect. The chiral rotation is obtain ed and compared with the Faraday rotation. For waves propagating acros s the magnetic held, we found a shift of the cut-offs of ordinary and extraordinary waves. On the lower branch of the extraordinary wave mod e there is no bands of forbidden frequencies and the reflection point vanishes when the chiral parameter increases.