TY - JOUR
T1 - Dyakonov-Tamm wave at the planar interface of a chiral sculptured thin film and an isotropic dielectric material
AU - Lakhtakia, Akhlesh
AU - Polo, John A.
PY - 2007/7/22
Y1 - 2007/7/22
N2 - Surface waves, named here as Dyakonov-Tamm waves, can exist at the planar interface of an isotropic dielectric material and a chiral sculptured thin film (STF). Due to the periodic nonhomogeneity of a chiral STF, the range of the refractive index of the isotropic material is smaller but the range of the propagation direction in the interface plane is much larger, in comparison to those for the existence of Dyakonov waves at the planar interface of an isotropic dielectric material and a columnar thin film. Dyakonov-Tamm waves could therefore be detected more easily than Dyakonov waves.
AB - Surface waves, named here as Dyakonov-Tamm waves, can exist at the planar interface of an isotropic dielectric material and a chiral sculptured thin film (STF). Due to the periodic nonhomogeneity of a chiral STF, the range of the refractive index of the isotropic material is smaller but the range of the propagation direction in the interface plane is much larger, in comparison to those for the existence of Dyakonov waves at the planar interface of an isotropic dielectric material and a columnar thin film. Dyakonov-Tamm waves could therefore be detected more easily than Dyakonov waves.
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U2 - 10.2971/jeos.2007.07021
DO - 10.2971/jeos.2007.07021
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84864396746
SN - 1990-2573
VL - 2
JO - Journal of the European Optical Society
JF - Journal of the European Optical Society
M1 - 07021
ER -