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2021-06-03
Surface Electromagnetic Waves at Gradual Interfaces Between Lossy Media
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 170, 177-186, 2021
Abstract
A low loss propagating electromagnetic wave is shown to exist at a gradual interface between two lossy conductive media. Such a surface wave may be guided by a seafloor-seawater interface and it may be used in radio communication and imaging underwater. It should allow communication distances of the order of 500 m at 10 kHz along a sandy seabed. Similar surface waves may also be guided by various tissue boundaries inside a human body. For example, such surface wave solutions may exist at planar interfaces between skull bones and grey matter inside a human head at 6 GHz.
Citation
Igor I. Smolyaninov, "Surface Electromagnetic Waves at Gradual Interfaces Between Lossy Media," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 170, 177-186, 2021.
doi:10.2528/PIER21043006
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