Surface electromagnetic waves supported by the interface of two semi-infinite rugate filters with sinusoidal refractive-index profiles

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1204-1212

  Maab, Husnul ^a,b,c   Faryad, Muhammad ^c   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b GIK INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT REFRACTION; PHASE INTERFACES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALL-OPTICAL; CANONICAL PROBLEMS; HOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRICS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; P-POLARIZED; PHASE SPEED; POLARIZATION STATE; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; RUGATE FILTER; S-POLARIZED; SINUSOIDAL VARIATIONS; SUDDEN CHANGE; SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 79959263138     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001204     Document Type: Article

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