Wave propagation in the anisotropic media with single-sheeted hyperboloid dispersion relation

Abstract

We investigate the wave propagation in the anisotropic metamaterial with single-sheeted hyperboloid dispersion relation. Based on boundary conditions and dispersion relations, we find that the opposite amphoteric refraction, such that E- (or H-) polarized waves are positively refracted whereas H- (or E-) polarized waves are negatively refracted, can occur at the interface associated with the anisotropic metamaterial. Under a certain condition, both E- and H-polarized waves can exhibit the same single-sheeted hyperboloid or straight dispersion relation, while the two polarized waves exhibit different propagation characteristics. We expect some potential device applications can be derived based on based on the unique amphoteric refraction properties.

11 pages, 2 figures

References in corpus (6)

• Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Media with Indefinite Permittivity and Permeability Tensors
• Anisotropy and oblique total transmission at a planar negative-index interface
• Amphoteric refraction at the interface between isotropic and anisotropic media
• Classification of dispersion equations for homogeneous dielectric-magnetic uniaxial materials
• Superluminal group velocity in an anisotropic metamaterial
• Anomalous wave propagation in quasiisotropic media

Cited by in corpus (4)

• A polarized beam splitter using an anisotropic medium slab
• Effect of charge on negative-phase-velocity propagation of electromagnetic waves in the ergosphere of a rotating black hole
• Polarization-sensitive propagation in an anisotropic metamaterial with double-sheeted hyperboloid dispersion relation
• Polarization--universal rejection filtering by ambichiral structures made of indefinite dielectric--magnetic materials