On exceptional  plane, surface, and compound waves

Tom G. Mackay; Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Waleed Iqbal Waseer

doi:10.1117/12.2646120

31 January 2023 On exceptional plane, surface, and compound waves

Tom G. Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Waleed Iqbal Waseer

Proceedings Volume 12477, International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors 2022; 1247704 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646120
Event: International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors, 2022, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Abstract

How are the field profiles of exceptional plane waves, exceptional surface waves, and exceptional compound waves related to those of their unexceptional counterparts? This matter has been investigated in extensive numerical studies which have revealed that the transition from unexceptional to exceptional waves involves only smooth variations in the electric and magnetic field phasors, and in the time-averaged Poynting vector. Therefore, in terms of field profiles, exceptional plane waves, exceptional surface waves, and exceptional compound waves are practically indistinguishable from their unexceptional counterparts that propagate in directions in the immediate neighborhood of the exceptional waves.

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Tom G. Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, and Waleed Iqbal Waseer "On exceptional plane, surface, and compound waves", Proc. SPIE 12477, International Workshop on Thin Films for Electronics, Electro-Optics, Energy and Sensors 2022, 1247704 (31 January 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646120

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