The Surface Wave on the Boundary between a Hyperbolic Magnetooptical Single-Axis Metamaterial and an Isotropic Dielectric

Abstract

The propagation of the surface wave along the boundary between a hyperbolic magnetooptical single-axis metamaterial and an isotropic dielectric is considered. The dispersion equation of the surface wave and the distribution of the electric field in the system are found. It is shown that the surface wave of this system differs from other types of surface waves by the fact that the wave vector of the surface wave has not only the imaginary part but also a real part in the direction perpendicular to the interface. In addition, the surface wave in the hyperbolic magnetooptical single-axis metamaterial has a hybrid polarization. Therefore, there is only one surface wave for a given direction of the wave vector.