Electromagnetic Surface Waves

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