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Influence of frequency dispersion of a negative-permittivity layer on electromagnetic wave tunneling through a three-layer structure

heading: 
MICROWAVE ELECTRODYNAMICS
Beletskii, NN, Borysenko, SA
Organization: 

O. Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
12, Proskura st., Kharkov, 61085, Ukraine
E-mail: beletski@ire.kharkov.ua
https://doi.org/10.15407/rej2020.02.003
Language: russian
Abstract: 

 

Subject and Purpose. The effect of total electromagnetic wave tunneling through a three-layer structure containing a plasma-like negative-permittivity layer is important for both gaining a better insight into the high-frequency properties of layered solids and, hence, creating new types of high-frequency radio-physical devices. The main purpose is to study the influence the frequency dispersion of the negative-permittivity layer exerts on the electromagnetic wave tunneling through a three-layer structure with an asymmetric dielectric medium.

Methods and Methodology. A new universal approach is used, based on introducing dimensionless frequencies and dimensionless layer thicknesses of a three-layer structure. It allows the frequency-dependent conditions of the effect of total electromagnetic wave tunneling to be examined for different frequency ranges and various three-layer structure parameters.

Results. It has been shown that taking into account the frequency dispersion of the negative-permittivity layer makes it possible to observe the total tunneling of electromagnetic waves at different frequencies with an appropriate choice of the three-layer structure parameters. In various frequency ranges, the effect of two-frequency total tunneling of electromagnetic waves has been predicted.

Conclusion. In the presence of a frequency dispersion of a negative-permittivity layer as part of a three-layer structure, the total electromagnetic wave tunneling conditions of this structure are softened and modified significantly. In this case, unique phenomena arise that can be used to create fundamentally new high-frequency devices in optics, radiophysics, and electronics.
Keywords: frequency dispersion, negative permittivity, three-layer structure, total tunneling

Manuscript submitted 12.09.2019
PACS: 41.20.Jb
Radiofiz. elektron. 2020, 25(2): 3-8
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