Dyakonov surface waves in lossy metamaterials
Optics
2015-04-07 v1
Abstract
We analyze the existence of localized waves in the vicinities of the interface between two dielectrics, provided one of them is uniaxial and lossy. We found two families of surface waves, one of them approaching the well-known Dyakonov surface waves (DSWs). In addition, a new family of wave fields exists which are tightly bound to the interface. Although its appearance is clearly associated with the dissipative character of the anisotropic material, the characteristic propagation length of such surface waves might surpasses the working wavelength by nearly two orders of magnitude.
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@article{arxiv.1504.00995,
title = {Dyakonov surface waves in lossy metamaterials},
author = {A. J. Sorni and M. Naserpour and C. J. Zapata-Rodríguez and J. J. Miret},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.00995},
year = {2015}
}