• DocumentCode
    587531
  • Title

    Perfect absorption by semi-infinite indefinite medium

  • Author

    Baranov, D.G. ; Vinogradov, A.P. ; Simovski, C.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Theor. & Appl. Electromagn., Moscow, Russia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    May 28 2012-June 1 2012
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    35
  • Abstract
    We theoretically demonstrate that there is an angle of incidence and frequency at which a p-polarized electromagnetic wave can be perfectly absorbed without reflection by a semi-infinite space of lossy indefinite anisotropic medium. Unlike isotropic lossy materials (where the total absorption occurs for a finite-thickness layers only) in our case it happens for a lossy half-space. We show that this perfect absorption happens when the Zenneck wave guided by the surface of indefinite lossy medium becomes a homogenous plane wave.
  • Keywords
    absorbing media; anisotropic media; electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; Zenneck wave; homogenous plane wave; incidence angle; lossy half-space; lossy indefinite anisotropic medium; p-polarized electromagnetic wave; semiinfinite indefinite medium; total absorption; Absorption; Glass; Nanowires; Optical surface waves; Permittivity; Silver; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Days on Diffraction (DD), 2012
  • Conference_Location
    St. Petersburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4418-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DD.2012.6402747
  • Filename
    6402747