SURFACE OPTIC WAVES IN ULTRATHIN FILMS BOUNDED BY IDENTICAL SLIGHTLY LOSSY MATERIALS

Citation
M. Takabayashi et al., SURFACE OPTIC WAVES IN ULTRATHIN FILMS BOUNDED BY IDENTICAL SLIGHTLY LOSSY MATERIALS, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 62(8), 1993, pp. 2719-2724
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
ISSN journal
00319015
Volume
62
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2719 - 2724
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9015(1993)62:8<2719:SOWIUF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We have investigated the properties of surface optic waves (SOW's), su ch as surface polaritons or guided waves, in ultrathin films sandwiche d by identical slightly lossy materials. It has been found that the im aginary part of dielectric constant Im (epsilon(s)) of surrounding mat erials strongly affects characteristics of SOW. For example, the propa gation length of SOW is remarkably changed by the existence of Im (eps ilon(s)).