Gyrotropic impact upon negatively refracting surfaces

Boardman, AD; King, NJ; Rapoport, Y; Velasco, L

Abstract

Surface wave propagation at the interface between different types of gyrotropic materials and an isotropic negatively refracting medium, in which the relative permittivity and relative permeability are, simultaneously, negative is investigated. A general approach is taken that embraces both gyroelectric and gyromagnetic materials, permitting the possibility of operating in either the low GHz, THz or the optical frequency regimes. The classical transverse Voigt configuration is adopted and a complete analysis of non-reciprocal surface wave dispersion is presented. The impact of the surface polariton modes upon the reflection of both plane waves and beams is discussed in terms of resonances and an example of the influence upon the Goos–Hänchen shift is given.

Citation

Boardman, A., King, N., Rapoport, Y., & Velasco, L. (2005). Gyrotropic impact upon negatively refracting surfaces. New Journal of Physics, 7, 191. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/191

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 12, 2005
• Deposit Date: Aug 23, 2007
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 23, 2007
• Journal: New Journal of Physics
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Pages: 191
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/191
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/191
• Related Public URLs: http://www.iop.org/; http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/NJP