Frequency-dependent impedance and surface waves on the boundary of a stratified dielectric medium

2018/02/20 by Cherednichenko, Kirill, Graham, William
#FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Spectral Theory (math.SP)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1802.06921

Abstract

We analyse waves that propagate along the interface between a dielectric half-space and a half-space filled with a Lorentz material. We show that the corresponding interface condition leads to a generalisation of the classical Leontovich condition on the boundary of a dielectric half-space. We study when this condition supports propagation of (dispersive) surface waves. We derive the related dispersion relation for waves propagating along the boundary of a stratified half-space and determine the relationship between the loss parameter, frequency and wavenumber for which interfacial waves exist.

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