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Waves with complex propagation constants occur in the modal spectrum of shielded rectangular dielectric image guides, although the guide is assumed to be lossless. Dispersion characteristics are presented, calculated by a rigorous mode-matching technique. Plots of power flow show that the energy supported by such a complex wave returns to the plane of excitation.
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Ulrich Crombach (1983) studied this question.
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