Total Transformation of an Electromagnetic Wave Incident on a Corrugated Boundary between Transparent Dielectrics to a Transmitting Wave of the (-1)st-Order Harmonic

We present the results of a theoretical and experimental study of a new phenomenon of total transformation of an electromagnetic wave incident from a dielectric on a corrugated boundary between two transparent dielectrics to a transmitting wave of the (-1)st-order harmonic propagating in the other dielectric. The theoretical study is based on numerical solution of the full-wave equations for electromagnetic field. The experimental study is made using a Teflon prism with a corrugated surface located in a two-mirror resonator.