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Nonradiative surface electromagnetic waves at the interface of uniaxially bianisotropic enantiomeric media
Author(s) -
Tarkhanyan Roland H.,
Niarchos Dimitris G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.201046374
Subject(s) - isotropy , dispersion (optics) , electromagnetic radiation , surface wave , dispersion relation , physics , interface (matter) , love wave , surface (topology) , enantiomer , longitudinal wave , condensed matter physics , acoustics , optics , materials science , mechanical wave , wave propagation , chemistry , mechanics , geometry , mathematics , stereochemistry , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
A new class of nonradiative surface electromagnetic waves guided by the interface between two enantiomorph uniaxially bianisotropic media is predicted. The waves are caused by bianisotropy and are absent in the case of enantiomorph bi‐isotropic materials. The basic properties of the waves, in particular, dispersion relation and localization conditions differ dramatically from those for conventional surface waves propagating along the interface between chiral and achiral media, as well as between two different achiral media. These waves can be considered as a generalization of Dyakonov‐type surface waves in the case of enantiomeric bianisotropic media.