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View SchemaTotal absorption of an electromagnetic wave by an overdense plasma
| Authors | Yury P. Bliokh, Joshua Felsteiner, Yakov Z. Slutsker |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0509028 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509028 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.165003 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 165003 (2005) |
Abstract
We show both theoretically and experimentally that an electromagnetic wave can be totally absorbed by an overdense plasma when a subwavelength diffraction grating is placed in front of the plasma surface. The absorption is due to dissipation of surface plasma waves (plasmons-polaritons) that have been resonantly excited by the evanescent component of the diffracted electromagnetic wave. The developed theoretical model allows one to determine the conditions for the total absorption.
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