Ia. Girka, MULTIPEAK STRUCTURE OF THE SPECTRA OF AZIMUTHAL SURFACE-WAVES IN ISOTROPIC PLASMA WAVE-GUIDES WITH NONCIRCULAR TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTIONS, Plasma physics reports, 23(3), 1997, pp. 225-230
Multipeak structure of the spectra of extraordinary electromagnetic su
rface waves propagating in the azimuthal direction in cylindrical isot
ropic plasma waveguides with noncircular transverse cross sections is
studied with the help of a secular equation. Multipeaked spectrum aris
es when the angular period of the rippled plasma-dielectric or dielect
ric-metal interface is equal to one half of the angular period of the
fundamental mode of the surface wave.