Yu. O. Averkov

Charged-particle energy loss by the excitation of surface magnetoplasmons in a structure with two- and three-dimensional plasmas

Electron energy loss by the excitation of surface magnetoplasma oscillations by an electron moving along a static magnetic field in vacuum over a two-dimensional plasma layer on the surface of three-dimensional plasma half-space has been studied theoretically. Electron energy loss by the excitation of surface magnetoplasmons has been calculated in the electrostatic approximation. It has been shown that the type of the dispersion law of electrons in such a plasma (quadratic for a two-dimensional Drude gas or linear for graphene) can be determined from the qualitative character of the dependence of the maximum of the spectral density of this loss on the electron density in the two-dimensional plasma.

Excitation of surface electromagnetic waves at an anisotropically conducting vacuum-metamaterial interface by the attenuated total internal reflection method

The excitation of well-localized oblique surface waves above the surface of a dielectric with a one-dimensional array of perfectly conducting wires is studied theoretically using the attenuated total internal reflection method. It is assumed that the distance between the wires and their diameter are much smaller than the surface wavelength. The frequencies of excited surface waves are much lower than the plasma frequency of the metal, and their electric field is orthogonal to the wires. It is shown that such surface waves can be excited with the help of a homogeneous TM wave as well as with the help of a homogeneous wave with an electric field polarized perpendicularly to the wires. It is found that in the course of excitation of oblique waves, the incident TM wave is partly polarized into a wave of the TE type.

Nonlinear oscillations of a semiconductor plasma with a nonrelativistic electron beam

Nonlinear oscillations of a semiconductor plasma with a low-density electron beam in the absence of an external magnetic field are studied in the hydrodynamic approximation. The beam is assumed to be nonrelativistic and monoenergetic. Cases are studied in which the Langmuir frequency of the electron oscillations in a semiconductor is much higher or much lower than the electron momentum relaxation rate. The self-similar solution obtained for the first case describes the damping of the nonlinear oscillations of the wave potential. Numerical analysis of the second case shows that the electric field distribution in the beam may correspond to that in a shock wave.

Effect of the δ-shaped quantum well at the one-dimensional lattice boundary on properties of Tamm-type surface electronic states

The Tamm-type surface electronic states at the boundary of the one-dimensional structure with periodically potential profile have been theoretically studied under the condition that the δ-shaped quantum well is at this boundary. The properties of surface electronic states in such a structure have been compared with Tamm electronic states in the absence of a quantum well at the lattice boundary and with electronic states localized near the δ-shaped potential well deep in the lattice. In particular, it has been shown that the existence of the δ-shaped potential well at the lattice boundary facilitates a significant increase in the degree of localization of Tamm-type surface electronic states and makes possible the appearance of these states at arbitrarily small heights of lattice potential barriers.

Interaction a tube beam of charged particles with a dispersive medium of cylindrical configuration

The interaction between a tubular beam of charged particles and a dispersive medium of cylindrical configuration has been investigated. This medium may have negative permittivity and negative permeability simultaneously over a certain frequency range. The dispersion equation for the eigenmodes spectra of a medium and the coupled modes spectra of the system have been derived and numerically analyzed. It has been found that the absolute beam instability of bulk-surface waves occurs because of peculiarities of the eigenmodes spectra of a left-handed metamaterial. The resonant frequency behavior of the permeability causes the emergence of the sections of dispersion curves with anomalous dispersion. The obtained results allow us to propose the left-handed metamaterial as the delaying medium in oscillators of electromagnetic radiation without a need to provide an additional feedback in the system.

Instability of a tubular electron beam moving over a dielectric cylinder

The mechanism of interactions between the eigenwaves of a dielectric cylinder and a nonrelativistic tubular electron beam moving over its surface has been considered theoretically. A dispersion relation for the coupled waves of beam electrons and the dielectric cylinder has been derived. The conditions for coupled wave instability have been formulated and an expression for instability increments has been found. It follows from the dispersion relation and the expression for the increments that electric waves with high azimuthal indices are excited most effectively at a narrow gap between the beam and cylinder.

Interaction between a tubular beam of charged particles and a dispersive metamaterial of cylindrical configuration

The interaction between a tubular beam of charged particles and a dispersive metamaterial of cylindrical configuration has been investigated theoretically. This metamaterial may have negative permittivity and negative permeability simultaneously over a certain frequency range where it behaves like a left-handed metamaterial. The dispersion equation for the eigenmodes spectra of a metamaterial and the coupled modes spectra of the system have been derived and numerically analyzed. It has been found that the absolute beam instability of bulk-surface waves occurs because of peculiarities of the eigenmodes spectra of a left-handed metamaterial. Specifically, the resonant frequency behavior of the permeability causes the emergence of the sections of dispersion curves with anomalous dispersion. It has been demonstrated that the symmetric bulk-surface mode with two field variations along the cylinder radius possesses the maximum value of instability increment. The obtained results allow us to propose the left-handed metamaterial as the delaying medium in oscillators of electromagnetic radiation without a need to provide an additional feedback in the system just as in a backward-wave tube.

Magnetic-field-driven surface electromagnetic states in the graphene-antiferromagnetic photonic crystal system

The surface electromagnetic states (SEMSs) on graphene, which has a linear carrier dispersion law and is placed in an antiferromagnetic photonic crystal, are theoretically studied in the terahertz frequency range. The unit cell of such a crystal consists of layers of a nonmagnetic insulator and a uniaxial antiferromagnet, the easy axis of which is parallel to the crystal layers. A dc magnetic field is parallel to the easy axis of the antiferromagnet. An expression that relates the SEMS frequencies to the structure parameters is obtained. The problem of SEMS excitation by an external TE-polarized electromagnetic wave is solved, and the dependences of the transmission coefficient on the dc magnetic field and the carrier concentration are constructed. These dependences are shown to differ substantially from the case of a conventional two-dimensional electron gas with a quadratic electron dispersion law. Thus, the positions of the transmission coefficient peaks related to resonance SEMS excitation can be used to determine the character of carrier dispersion law in a two-dimensional electron gas.

Excitation of surface electrostatic waves in semibounded layered superconductors by a nonrelativistic electron beam

Excitation of potential surface waves by a nonrelativistic electron beam traveling in a vacuum space near the boundary of a layered superconductor is studied theoretically. Dispersion relations for surface waves at an arbitrary angle between superconductor layers and interface are obtained. Allowance is made for an arbitrary direction of wave propagation in the interfacial plane. Increments of kinetic and hydrodynamic instabilities are found. It is shown that absolute instability may occur.

Excitation of excitons in semi-infinite solids with a nonrelativistic electron beam

The instability of an infinite thin electron beam propagating in vacuum over the surface of an isotropic nongyrotropic crystal is investigated. The possibilities of exciting additional longitudinal waves and polarization waves are analyzed. The dispersion laws of exciton-beam coupled waves are obtained. It is demonstrated that the interaction of the beam with the additional bulk longitudinal wave and the surface polarization wave leads to the appearance of the absolute instability.