
Electromagnetic Surface Waves
A Modern Perspective
Description
Key Features
- Gathers research from the past 5 years in a single comprehensive view of electromagnetic surface waves.
- Written by the foremost experts and researchers in the field.
- Layered presentation explains topics with an introductory overview level up to a highly technical level.
Readership
Students and researchers in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology.
Table of Contents
1. Surface Waves
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A Brief History
1.3 Simple SPP Wave
1.4 Dielectric Materials
1.5 Negative-Phase-Velocity Materials
1.6 Bianisotropic Materials
1.7 Taxonomy of Electromagnetic Surface Waves
1.8 Applications
2. Surface-Plasmon-Polariton Waves I
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Canonical Boundary-Value Problem
2.3 Optical Excitation of Simple SPP Waves
2.4 Nonlinear Dielectric Materials
3. General Theory of Surface-Wave Propagation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Bianisotropic Materials
3.3 Propagation in a Homogeneous Bianisotropic Material
3.4 Propagation in a Periodically Nonhomogeneous Bianisotropic Material
3.5 Canonical Boundary-Value Problem
3.6 Modified Canonical Boundary-Value Problem
3.7 Prism-Coupled Configuration
3.8 Grating-Coupled Configuration
4. Dyakonov Waves
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Interface of an Anisotropic Material and an Isotropic Material
4.3 Interface of Two Anisotropic Materials
4.4 Nanostructured Materials
4.5 Electro-Optic Materials
4.6 Magnetic Analogs
4.7 More Exotic Materials
4.8 Experimental Observation
4.9 Outlook
5. Tamm Waves
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Canonical Boundary-Value Problem
5.3 Practical Configurations
5.4 Interface of Two Periodically Nonhomogeneous Dielectric Materials
5.5 Outlook
6 Surface-Plasmon-Polariton Waves II
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Interface of a Metal and an Isotropic Dielectric Multilayer
6.3 Interface of a Metal and a Homogeneous Anisotropic Dielectric Material
6.4 Interface of a Metal and a Continuously and Periodically Nonhomogeneous Dielectric Material
6.5 Optical Sensing
6.6 Harvesting of Solar Energy
6.7 Outlook
7. Dyakonov-Tamm Waves
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Canonical Boundary-Value Problem
7.3 Practical Configurations
7.4 Outlook
Appendix A Dyadics
Appendix B Biaxial Permittivity Dyadic
Appendix C Zenneck Wave
Appendix D Floquet Theory
Appendix E Forward and Inverse Bruggeman Formalisms
Bibliography
Product details
- No. of pages: 314
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2013
- Published: May 17, 2013
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123970244
- eBook ISBN: 9780123971852