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Maximal visualization-enhancement of latent fingermarks on polymer banknotes using columnar thin films
Muhammad Faryad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Polymer banknotes are being increasingly adopted to replace older banknotes. Since banknotes are forensically important substrates for fingermark detection and identification, we p…
Surface plasmon-polariton waves obliquely guided along interface containing periodicity direction of one-dimensional photonic crystal
Mehran Rasheed, Muhammad Faryad
We recently formulated the canonical boundary-value problem of propagation of surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves along the direction of periodicity of a one-dimensional photonic…
Electromagnetic surface waves guided by the planar interface of isotropic chiral materials
Maimoona Naheed, Muhammad Faryad, Tom G. Mackay
The propagation of electromagnetic surface waves guided by the planar interface of two isotropic chiral materials, namely materials $\calA$ and $\calB$, was investigated by numeric…
Rigorous formulation of surface plasmon-polariton-waves propagation along the direction of periodicity of one-dimensional photonic crystal
Mehran Rasheed, Muhammad Faryad
A rigorous formulation of the canonical boundary-value problem is presented to find the surface plasmon-polariton waves guided by the interface of a one-dimensional photonic crysta…
Excitation of the Uller-Zenneck electromagnetic surface waves in the prism-coupled configuration
Mehran Rasheed, Muhammad Faryad
A configuration to excite the Uller-Zenneck surface electromagnetic waves at the planar interfaces of homogeneous and isotropic dielectric materials is proposed and theoretically a…
Enhancement of dynamic sensitivity of multiple surface-plasmonic-polaritonic sensor using silver nanoparticles
Farhat Abbas, Muhammad Faryad, Stephen E. Swiontek +1
Multiple surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves excited at the interface of a homogeneous isotropic metal and a chiral sculptured thin film (STF) impregnated with silver nanoparticl…
Experimental excitation of multiple surface-plasmon-polariton waves with 2D gratings
Liu Liu, Muhammad Faryad, A. Shoji Hall +5
The excitation of multiple SPP waves as Floquet harmonics was demonstrated in structures fabricated as one-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs) on top of two-dimensional gold gratin…
Observation of the Uller-Zenneck wave
Muhammad Faryad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
The Uller-Zenneck wave has been theoretically predicted to exist at the planar interface of two homogeneous dielectric materials of which only one must be dissipative. Experimental…
Grating-coupled excitation of the Uller-Zenneck surface wave in the optical regime
Muhammad Faryad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
The excitation of the Uller-Zenneck surface wave in the optical regime was theoretically investigated for planar as well as periodically corrugated interfaces of two homogeneous, i…
Dyakonov-Tamm waves guided jointly by an ordinary, isotropic, homogeneous, dielectric material and a hyperbolic, dielectric, structurally chiral material
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Muhammad Faryad
The planar interface of an ordinary, isotropic, homogeneous, dielectric material and a hyperbolic, dielectric, structurally chiral material can support the propagation of one or mu…
Multiple surface-plasmon-polariton waves guided jointly by a metal and a hyperbolic, dielectric, structurally chiral material
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Muhammad Faryad
The planar interface of a metal and a hyperbolic, dielectric, structurally chiral material can support the propagation of none, one, or multiple surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) wav…
Evolution of surface-plasmon-polariton and Dyakonov-Tamm waves with the ambichirality of a partnering dielectric material
Muhammad Faryad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
The planar interface of an isotropic homogeneous metal and an ambichiral dielectric material can guide surface-plasmon-polariton waves. The planar interface of an isotropic, homoge…
Observation of the Dyakonov-Tamm Wave
Drew Patrick Pulsifer, Muhammad Faryad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
A surface electromagnetic wave called the Dyakonov-Tamm wave has been theoretically predicted to exist at the interface of two dielectric materials at least one of which is both an…
Grating-coupled excitation of multiple surface plasmon-polariton waves
Muhammad Faryad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
The excitation of multiple surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves of different linear polarization states and phase speeds by a surface-relief grating formed by a metal and a rugate…
Surface-plasmon-polariton wave propagation guided by a metal slab in a sculptured nematic thin film
Muhammad Faryad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Surface-plasmon-polariton~(SPP) wave propagation guided by a metal slab in a periodically nonhomogeneous sculptured nematic thin film~(SNTF) was studied theoretically. The morpholo…
Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film. Part IV: Canonical problem
Muhammad Faryad, John A. Polo, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
The canonical problem of the propagation of surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves localized to the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film (SNTF) that is per…