Surface modes at the interfaces between isotropic media and indefinite media
JOSA A, Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 530-535 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.24.000530
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Abstract
Characteristics of surface modes at the interface between an isotropic medium and an indefinite medium that has a dispersion relation of hyperbolic form are studied. Four cases for the isotropic medium, including normal, left-handed, magnetic (with negative permeability), and metallic media, are considered. The conditions for the existence of surface modes in each case are analyzed in detail, and the results are expressed explicitly, indicating that the existence of surface modes is determined by the nature of the indefinite medium as well as the orientation of the boundary surface of this anisotropic medium. The energy flows associated with the surface modes are also discussed.
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OCIS Codes
(160.1190) Materials : Anisotropic optical materials
(240.6690) Optics at surfaces : Surface waves
(260.1180) Physical optics : Crystal optics
(260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
ToC Category:
Optics at Surfaces
History
Original Manuscript: April 5, 2006
Revised Manuscript: July 18, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: August 25, 2006
Citation
Wei Yan, Linfang Shen, Lixin Ran, and Jin Au Kong, "Surface modes at the interfaces between isotropic media and indefinite media," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24, 530-535 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-24-2-530
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