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Total internal reflection at a boundary between vacuum and an optical medium with quasi-zero refractive index

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It is shown that, on a surface of optical transparency of a medium with quasi-zero refractive index, surface optical waves traveling along the surface can be excited for different angles of incidence of external radiation. Expressions for the amplitudes of nonspecular reflection and transmission of light waves at an inhomogeneous boundary between two media are derived. Using these expressions, the boundary reflectance and transmittance for different angles of incidence and refraction can be calculated.

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  1. Ul’yanovsk State University, Ul’yanovsk, 432017, Russia

    O. N. Gadomsky, I. V. Gadomskaya, E. G. Zubkov & A. A. Rusin

  2. OOO Solar Nano Kompozit, Ul’yanovsk, 432072, Russia

    O. N. Gadomsky, I. V. Gadomskaya, E. G. Zubkov & A. A. Rusin

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Original Russian Text © O.N. Gadomsky, I.V. Gadomskaya, E.G. Zubkov, A.A. Rusin, 2013, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2013, Vol. 98, No. 1, pp. 7–11.

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Gadomsky, O.N., Gadomskaya, I.V., Zubkov, E.G. et al. Total internal reflection at a boundary between vacuum and an optical medium with quasi-zero refractive index. Jetp Lett. 98, 5–8 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364013140075

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