Surface waves at the interface between a metal and a photovoltaic-photorefractive crystal

We investigate surface waves at the interface between a metal and a photovoltaic-photorefractive (PP) crystal. These surface waves appear in several forms: delocalized surface waves, shock surface waves, and localized surface waves. Only localized surface waves have limited energy. We demonstrate that the transverse sizes of localized surface waves decrease with an increase in the propagation constant and the amplitudes of localized surface waves increase with the propagation constant. The stability of localized surface waves is investigated numerically and it is found that they are stable.     

在金属与光折变晶体界面形成的表面波研究

应用质点振荡模型和数值模拟方法研究了在金属与光折变晶体界面形成表面波的条件及其能量变化. 结果表明: 传播常数的正负影响表面波的类型及波能量分布, 当传播常数取负值时在界面处形成非局域表面波, 取正值时在界面处形成振荡表面波和局域表面波, 局域表面波的能量随传播常数的变大而单调递增. 在一给定的物理系统中, 可通过调节决定非线性效应强度的可变参量控制不同阶数局域表面波模及其传播波形.     

Surface electromagnetic waves at the interface between a homogeneous medium and a system of coupled waveguides

An analysis is made of the experimental investigations of the surface waves existing at the interface between a homogeneous medium and a periodically stratified medium that represents a bounded system of coupled waveguides. It is shown that, in all cases of the observation of surface waves, the bounded system of coupled waveguides has its own spectrum of guided modes and a spectrum of leaky modes that become surface waves of the system. It is also demonstrated that a biosensor can successfully operate when two surface waves serve as leaky modes of a Bragg waveguide in which the periodic system of waveguides is used as a distributed Bragg mirror of this waveguide. A structure supporting surface waves is designed on the basis of ten pairs of Nb₂O₅-SiO₂ layers and implemented experimentally. The surface waves are detected with a K8 glass prism according to the Kretschmann scheme.     

Surface electromagnetic waves at a superfluid liquid—normal metal interface

Surface electromagnetic waves, which can propagate along the plane interface between a superfluid liquid and a normal metal, are investigated. The dispersion relations for surface waves with different polarizations of the optical anisotropy of the superfluid liquid are obtained and their possible frequency ranges are determined. It is shown that anisotropic optical contribution to the dielectric constant of the superfluid liquid can be determined from experiments on excitation of surface electromagnetic waves.     

Surface waves at the interface between a dielectric and a topological insulator

Surface waves that propagate along the interface between an isotropic linear or nonlinear (of the Kerr type) dielectric and a topological insulator have been studied theoretically. A dispersion relation for surface waves, which are represented by superpositions of TE and TM waves, has been obtained. This hybridization occurs because, upon passage through the interface, the polarization of a surface wave changes, which is caused by an induced surface current (which is transverse to the electric field vector of the wave). The surface current of this kind is characteristic of topological insulators. Expressions for the energy flux transferred by a surface wave have been given.     

Surface acoustic waves at a free-metallized interface

Light scattering was used to study surface acoustic waves at a free-metalized interface on piezoelectric lithium niobate. An interaction region of several acoustic wavelengths was observed in which a reflected surface wave and a continuous spectrum of bulk waves are generated.     

Surface electromagnetic waves at a superconductor-dielectric interface

This paper reports on the results of investigating the frequency dependence, the structure, and the polarization-and energy-related characteristics of surface electromagnetic waves propagating along a superconductor-dielectric interface. An expression for the complex permittivity of a superconductor is derived in the approximation of a two-component plasma containing “normal” and “superconducting” electrons. Basic relations are obtained in the general case at temperatures T≤T _c (where T _c is the critical temperature) and in the limiting case at T?T _c, when the contribution from normal electrons to the permittivity of the superconductor can be disregarded.     

Surface electromagnetic waves at the interface between two dielectric superlattices

The electrodynamic properties of the interface between two periodic dielectric superlattices are studied. It is shown that the interface may serve as a guide for an electromagnetic wave whose field decays exponentially on both sides of the plane of the interface. The field and power flux distributions, as well as the frequency dependence of the field penetration depth, are studied.     

Surface waves at the boundary of a chiral medium

The exact analytical solution of the dispersion relation for the propagation constant of the surface waves existing at the plane interface between chiral and magnetodielectric media is given and studied. An enhancement of the chirality effect due to matching of the permittivities of the media is noted.     

Surface polaritons at the interface between a polarized Dirac vacuum and a normal metal

The behavior of surface polaritons that can propagate along a flat interface between a polarized Dirac vacuum and a normal metal is studied. Dispersion relations for the surface wave are derived for different field polarizations, and the frequency domains where this wave may exist are found. It is shown that a constant electric field polarizing a Dirac vacuum can be determined from experiments on surface wave excitation.     

Structure of the focal region at a focusing with a time reversal of waves in an inhomogeneous medium

A focusing array with a time reversal of waves in an inhomogeneous medium is considered. It is shown that, at the focus of such an array, an oscillation trap can be formed. In a homogeneous medium, a wave first travels to the array focus, is focused, and then travels away from the focus, whereas, in an inhomogeneous medium, the wave does not travel at all. In the oscillation trap, an intense oscillation is formed, which arrives from nowhere and escapes to nowhere. The size of the oscillation trap is much smaller than that of the focal spot of the array in free space. The physical nature of this phenomenon and the possible areas of its practical application are discussed.     

TM Nonlinear electromagnetic waves guided by an inhomogeneous medium

Analytical dispersion relations and the power flow expression for TM (polarized) nonlinear electromagnetic surface waves propagating along the interface of an inhomogeneous and dielectric nonlinear media have been investigated theoretically. An inhomogeneous dielectric cover has the dielectric permittivity=a+bz, which is contacted with a strongly nonlinear Kerr like layer. The existence conditions for these waves to be propagated are studied. These waves have no counterpart in the linear isotropic regime. The power flow versus the wave index, and the consequence interface nonlinearity might be evaluated for a variety of inhomogeneity parameters, which are found to be inhomogeneity dependent, and could lead to optical hysterisis and bistability.On leave from: Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, UMIST, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, U.K.     

Surface acoustic waves at the vacuum-thermoviscoelastic solid interface

The present investigation concerns the propagation of surface waves at the vacuum-solid interface of a solid which is isotropic and thermoviscoelastic, i.e., for which the effects of heat conductivity need to be taken into account. Calculations show that, in addition to the Rayleigh wave, a thermal surface wave propagates that couples both the thermal and the elasticity effects. This latter wave is interpreted in terms of evanescent plane waves. The displacement field associated with this wave is calculated and interpreted. Some experimental results are also presented.     

Image potential and induced dipole at inhomogeneous metal surfaces

A modified specular reflection model for the response of an inhomogeneous jellium surface discussed in a previous paper by the author is applied to the calculation of the static image potential and of the dipole moment formed by an external point charge and the induced charge distribution at the surface. Detailed results are given and compared with those of earlier treatments.     

Surface optical waves at the boundary with a nonlinear Kerr medium

A rigorous solution consistent with a plane wave approximation is given to the boundary problem for Maxwell’s equations for surface optical waves at the boundary with a nonlinear Kerr medium. Exact formulas for the flux intensity (J ₀) and energy density (W ₀) of these waves are derived depending on the parameters of the adjacent media and the propagation constant (ξ). It is shown that these variables as functions of ξ have minima. Thus, J ₀ and W ₀ increase sharply as the propagation constant deviates from the minimum value ξ_min. Their values are greater, the larger the difference between the dielectric constants of the linear and nonlinear media is. An expression for the propagation velocity of a nonlinear surface wave is also obtained.