Anomalous reflection and excitation of surface waves in metamaterials
Other Condensed Matter
2007-11-21 v2
Abstract
We consider reflection of electromagnetic waves from layered structures with various dielectric and magnetic properties, including metamaterials. Assuming periodic variations in the permittivity, we find that the reflection is in general anomalous. In particular, we note that the specular reflection vanishes and that the incident energy is totally reflected in the backward direction, when the conditions for resonant excitation of leaking surface waves are fulfilled.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0702464,
title = {Anomalous reflection and excitation of surface waves in metamaterials},
author = {G. Brodin and M. Marklund and L. Stenflo and P. K. Shukla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0702464},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Physics Letters A