Features and energy characteristics of special inhomogeneous electromagnetic waves in hyperbolic metamaterials
https://doi.org/10.29235/1561-2430-2018-54-4-488-498
Abstract
In this paper, it is shown that under the conditions of total internal reflection of plane homogeneous electromagnetic waves at the interface of a hyperbolic metamaterial and an ordinary isotropic medium, special inhomogeneous electromagnetic waves are excited in certain circumstances near the surface of the metamaterial and their amplitude changes with distance according to the non-exponential law. The existence conditions for such waves are established for the case when the optical axis is located within the interface plane and forms an angle with the plane of incidence. The energy flux and the energy density of special inhomogeneous waves in a hyperbolic metamaterial are determined.
About the Authors
N. S. Petrov
Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Personnel on New Directions for the Development of Technics, Technology and Economics of the Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk
Belarus
D. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Chief Researcher
Belarus
D. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Chief Researcher
S. N. Kurilkina
B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk
Belarus
D. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Chief Researcher
Belarus
D. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Chief Researcher
A. B. Zimin
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Minsk
Belarus
Ph. D. (Physics and Mathematics), Leading Researcher
Belarus
Ph. D. (Physics and Mathematics), Leading Researcher
V. N. Belyi
B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk
Belarus
Corresponding Member, D. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Chief Researcher
Belarus
Corresponding Member, D. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, Chief Researcher
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