Dyakonov-Tamm surface waves featuring Dyakonov-Tamm-Voigt surface waves

Abstract

The propagation of Dyakonov-Tamm (DT) surface waves guided by the planar interface of two nondissipative materials $A$ and $B$ was investigated theoretically and numerically, via the corresponding canonical boundary-value problem. Material $A$ is a homogeneous uniaxial dielectric material whose optic axis lies at an angle $\chi$ relative to the interface plane. Material $B$ is an isotropic dielectric material that is periodically nonhomogeneous in the direction normal to the interface. The special case was considered in which the propagation matrix for material $A$ is non-diagonalizable because the corresponding surface wave-named the Dyakonov-Tamm-Voigt (DTV) surface wave-has unusual localization characteristics. The decay of the DTV surface wave is given by the product of a linear function and an exponential function of distance from the interface in material $A$; in contrast, the fields of conventional DT surface waves decay only exponentially with distance from the interface. Numerical studies revealed that multiple DT surface waves can exist for a fixed propagation direction in the interface plane, depending upon the constitutive parameters of materials $A$ and $B$. When regarded as functions of the angle of propagation in the interface plane, the multiple DT surface-wave solutions can be organized as continuous branches. A larger number of DT solution branches exist when the degree of anisotropy of material $A$ is greater. If $\chi =0^{\circ }$ then a solitary DTV solution exists for a unique propagation direction on each DT branch solution. If $\chi >0^{\circ }$, then no DTV solutions exist. As the degree of nonhomogeneity of material $B$ decreases, the number of DT solution branches decreases.

arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1910.10972

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