HIGH-FREQUENCY PHENOMENA IN ORGANIC CONDUCTORS IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD

The propagation of electromagnetic waves in organic layered conductors with metallic conductance and a quasi-two-dimensional electron energy spectrum of arbitrary form is studied theoretically. The depth of pen etration of the electromagnetic field into the conductor is found, and it is discovered to be sensitive to the polarization of the incident wave. This is done for an arbitrarily oriented (with respect to the la yers) magnetic field so strong that the radius of curvature of the ele ctron path is much smaller than the electron's mean free path. It is e stablished that studying these effects in experiments can reveal in de tail the shape and dimensions of the Fermi surface and the relaxation properties of the conduction electrons. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S1063-7761(98)02308-7].