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This paper investigates the coupling properties between surface waves on parallel wires. Finite Element Method (FEM) based and analytical models are developed for both single wire Sommerfeld and Goubau lines. Starting with the Sommerfeld…
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We point out that electromagnetic one-way edge modes analogous to quantum Hall edge states, originally predicted by Raghu and Haldane in 2D gyroelectric photonic crystals possessing Dirac point-derived bandgaps, can appear in more general…
The growth and exfoliation of two-dimensional (2D) materials have led to the creation of edges and novel interfacial states at the juncture between crystals with different composition or phases. These hybrid heterostructures (HSs) can be…
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