Resonance excitation of polaritons by bulk electromagnetic waves in the layered systems with anisotropic substrates

The possible resonance excitation of surface electromagnetic waves by the bulk waves at the interface between a positive transparent uniaxial crystal and an isotropic medium has been predicted. The existence of the surface waves is provided by anisotropy of one of the boundary media. The tensor relation between the vector amplitudes of an exciting bulk electromagnetic wave and the excited surface wave is established. The ratio of the moduli of the tangential components of these amplitudes is analyzed as a function of the angle of incidence and the polarization of the bulk wave. The numerical calculations are performed for the surface waves at the interface between paratellurite TeO₂ and a KRS-6 (TlBr 30%-TlCl 70%) crystal.