TY - GEN
T1 - Examining the theoretical basis for the analysis of surface plasmons in the microwave and terahertz regimes
AU - Dyab, Walid M.G.
AU - Sarkar, Tapan K.
AU - Salazar-Palma, Magdalena
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Surface electromagnetic modes guided by thin metal layers are usually called surface plasmons SP. SP were originally discovered by Ritchie in the fifties of the twentieth century in the optical regime. Then, surface plasmons found many applications in different areas of science including terahertz and microwave devices. Departing from optics to radio frequencies, an urgent need for a solid theoretical basis to analyze SP in those regimes has appeared. The only candidate was Sommerfeld's analysis for radiation of electromagnetic waves over imperfect ground planes, published in 1909. This kind of analysis has been used recently by many researches working on SP applications at radio frequencies. The main goal of this paper is to give a theoretical analysis which proves the unsuitability of Sommerfeld's analysis to the problem of SP.
AB - Surface electromagnetic modes guided by thin metal layers are usually called surface plasmons SP. SP were originally discovered by Ritchie in the fifties of the twentieth century in the optical regime. Then, surface plasmons found many applications in different areas of science including terahertz and microwave devices. Departing from optics to radio frequencies, an urgent need for a solid theoretical basis to analyze SP in those regimes has appeared. The only candidate was Sommerfeld's analysis for radiation of electromagnetic waves over imperfect ground planes, published in 1909. This kind of analysis has been used recently by many researches working on SP applications at radio frequencies. The main goal of this paper is to give a theoretical analysis which proves the unsuitability of Sommerfeld's analysis to the problem of SP.
KW - Schelkunoff Integrals
KW - Sommerfeld Integrals
KW - Surface Plasmons
KW - Surface Waves
KW - Terahertz Surface Plasmons
KW - Zenneck Surface Waves
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U2 - 10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848481
DO - 10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848481
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905011542
SN - 9781479938698
T3 - IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
BT - 2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2014
Y2 - 1 June 2014 through 6 June 2014
ER -