Surface waves guided by metamaterials with rotational disorder

Abstract

The analytical analysis of the metamaterial boundary with the rotational disorder reveals both bound and leaky surface plasmon (SP) modes. The dispersion relations of SPs propagating on a surface of these metamaterials are presented along with the propagation lengths. The rigorous modeling and analysis of surface waves at the boundary of two metamaterials possessing rotational disorder are presented. Dispersion properties of two different metamaterial boundaries have been investigated. The results show that the boundary of the metamaterials having different dielectrics employed allows for the presence of the particular modes crossing the light line with the significant portion at lower frequencies lying above the free space light line.