Application of coordinate-free effective medium theory to periodically plane-stratified anisotropic media

The effective tensors of permittivity and permeability for multilayer anisotropic media are obtained. All expressions are written in a direct coordinate-free manner. The theory is illustrated by examples with particular systems of layers. Complete agreement with formulas obtained by other methods is shown. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 15: 54–57, 1997.