@inproceedings{6cb4cfee4918416ca95d5205decfc017,
title = "A hands-on approach for engineering students and practitioners to analyze electromagnetic interactions on flat boundaries",
abstract = "A hands-on approach to avoid scientific debates and confusions about surface waves and Zenneck waves are presented. The reflection coefficient for a TM incident wave on a flat boundary is studied as a function of the medium parameters in the most general way. When the second medium is lossy, the zero of this function results in a Zenneck wave and an infinite value represents a surface wave. Even though both Zenneck and surface waves are evanescent in nature and thus non-radiating, the field distribution for a Zenneck wave does not change with frequency whereas that of a surface wave gets concentrated near the surface with an increase in frequency. Finally a Zenneck wave can be excited by an electromagnetic wave but a surface wave requires electrons or quasiparticles in the form of an evanescent wave to be excited. Important questions are raised about some misused terminologies involving these two waves.",
keywords = "Schelkunoff Integrals, Sommerfeld Integrals, Surface Plasmons, Surface Waves, Terahertz Surface Plasmons, Zenneck Waves",
author = "Walid Dyab and Abdallah, {M. N.} and Sarkar, {T. K.} and M. Salazar-Palma",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.; 2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2016 ; Conference date: 22-05-2016 Through 27-05-2016",
year = "2016",
month = aug,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1109/MWSYM.2016.7540390",
language = "English (US)",
series = "IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2016",
}