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We investigate the propagation of electromagnetic waves in transverse magnetic (TM) mode through the structure of materials interface that have permittivity or permeability profile graded positive-negative using asymptotic iteration method…
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Electromagnetic waves in vacuum and most materials have transverse polarization. Longitudinal electromagnetic waves with electric field parallel to wave vector are very rare and appear under special conditions in a limited class of media,…