Interaction of EM waves with bianisotropic objects: clarification of magnetic symmetry groups

Bianisotropic linear materials are characterized by four independent constitutive tensors. Our attention is focused on the interaction of EM waves with various bianisotropic objects. We examine: (a) guided hybrid modes in bianisotropic waveguides; (b) wave reflection from multilayered bianisotropic slabs; and (c) wave scattering from cylindrical bianisotropic objects with arbitrary cross-section. Especially, parametric study is performed and some results are presented to demonstrate the hybrid effects of cross coupling in different forms of the magnetic symmetry groups in bianisotropic objects. Therefore, some generalized mathematical relations are obtained for governing the interaction of EM waves with bianisotropic objects and their physical means are explored and discussed.