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The possibility of creating a layered structure with mobile borders is
proposed on the basis of crystals with the property of cleavage. The
properties of electromagnetic waves localized in the vicinity of the i
ntermediate layer of this structure have been considered. It has been
shown that both in the waveguide regime and in the surface polariton m
ode of propagation, the phase of the outgoing wave becomes modulated.
The phenomena mentioned here allow the value of the refractive index o
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