Guided modes with imaginary transverse wave number in a slab waveguide with negative permittivity and permeability
- 1 June 2003
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 93 (11) , 9386-9388
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1570501
Abstract
The guidance conditions of modes with both real and imaginary transverse wave numbers inside a dielectric slab with negative permittivity and permeability are solved. We show that for real transverse wave numbers, cutoffs exist for all modes, unlike in conventional media where the first even mode is always propagating. In addition, we also show that guided modes exist for imaginary transverse wave numbers, with the power concentrated at the interfaces instead of having maxima inside the slab. A graphical method of determining the imaginary transverse wave numbers of the guided modes is introduced which clearly identifies the different conditions of propagation depending on the properties of the slab. In particular, propagation of guided waves inside less dense negative media is shown to be possible.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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