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View SchemaReflectionless Tunnelling of Light in Gradient Optics
| Authors | Alexander Shvartsburg, Guillaume Petite |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0512137 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512137 |
| DOI | 10.1364/OL.31.001127 |
| Journal | Optics Letters 31 (2006) 1127 |
Abstract
We analyse the optical (or microwave) tunnelling properties of electromagnetic waves passing through thin films presenting a specific index profile providing a cut-off frequency, when they are used below this frequency. We show that contrary to the usual case of a square index profile, where tunnelling is accompanied with a strong attenuation of the wave due to reflection, such films present the possibility of a reflectionless tunnelling, where the incoming intensity is totally transmitted.
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