TY - GEN
T1 - On the relation between surface plasmons and sommerfeld's surface electromagnetic waves
AU - Dyab, Walid M.G.
AU - Abdallah, Mohammad N.
AU - Sarkar, Tapan K.
AU - Salazar-Palma, Magdalena
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The term "Surface Plasmons, SP" was first coined in the middle of the twentieth century to study the interaction of plasma oscillations with the electrons on the surface of metal foils. Surface Plasmons have a wide variety of applications such as in Terahertz spectroscopy. In the literature, Surface Plasmons are frequently related to Surface Electromagnetic Waves, SEW, which were first studied by Zenneck and independently by Sommerfeld in the early 1900's. However, Zenneck and Sommerfeld surface waves are rarely examined critically in the current literature on SP. Looking for a solid understanding for the relation between SP and SEW, it was necessary to study Sommerfeld's work thoroughly. The revisiting of Sommerfeld's work on Surface waves led to some important conclusions which are communicated in this paper.
AB - The term "Surface Plasmons, SP" was first coined in the middle of the twentieth century to study the interaction of plasma oscillations with the electrons on the surface of metal foils. Surface Plasmons have a wide variety of applications such as in Terahertz spectroscopy. In the literature, Surface Plasmons are frequently related to Surface Electromagnetic Waves, SEW, which were first studied by Zenneck and independently by Sommerfeld in the early 1900's. However, Zenneck and Sommerfeld surface waves are rarely examined critically in the current literature on SP. Looking for a solid understanding for the relation between SP and SEW, it was necessary to study Sommerfeld's work thoroughly. The revisiting of Sommerfeld's work on Surface waves led to some important conclusions which are communicated in this paper.
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.2013.6697672
DO - 10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697672
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893250296
SN - 9781467361767
T3 - IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
BT - 2013 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, MTT 2013
T2 - 2013 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, MTT 2013
Y2 - 2 June 2013 through 7 June 2013
ER -