Exorcizing ghost waves

Tom G. Mackay; Akhlesh Lakhtakia

doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2019.06.026

Exorcizing ghost waves

Tom G. Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

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Abstract

The so-called electromagnetic ghost waves are simply electromagnetic nonuniform plane waves, whose association with both propagating and evanescent fields has long been known, even for isotropic dielectric materials that are non-dissipative.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	162926
Journal	Optik
Volume	192
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2019.06.026
State	Published - Sep 2019

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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Mackay, T. G., & Lakhtakia, A. (2019). Exorcizing ghost waves. Optik, 192, [162926]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2019.06.026

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