2013/09/10 by Artur R. Davoyan, Nader Engheta, Davoyan, Arthur +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1309.2650
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We study propagation of transverse-magnetic (TM) electromagnetic waves in the\nbulk and at the surface of magnetized epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) medium in a Voigt\nconfiguration. We reveal that in a certain range of material parameters novel\nregimes of wave propagation emerge: we show that the transparency of the medium\ncan be altered with the magnetization leading either to magnetically induced\nHall opacity or Hall transparency of the ENZ. In our theoretical study, we\ndemonstrate that surface waves at the interface between either a transparent or\nan opaque Hall medium and a homogeneous medium may, under certain conditions,\nbe predominantly one-way. Moreover, we predict that one-way photonic surface\nstates may exist at the interface of an opaque Hall ENZ and a regular metal,\ngiving rise to a possibility for backscattering immune wave propagation and\nisolation.\n