Title :
Surface plasmons on a lossy left-handed medium
Author :
Alam, M. ; Meier, J. ; Aitchison, J.S. ; Mojahedi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
This paper studies the effects of dielectric and magnetic losses on a surface plasmon (SP) mode propagating on a left handed material (LHM) slab embedded in a lossless right handed medium. We show that the existence of a long range SP solution depends on the type of loss present in the material. In the case of transverse electric (S-type) SP it is found that magnetic loss precludes the existence of long range modes
Keywords :
dielectric losses; metamaterials; surface plasmons; LHM slab; left handed material slab; lossless right handed medium; lossy left-handed medium; surface plasmons; transverse electric mode; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic losses; Magnetic materials; Plasmons; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Slabs; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1710639
