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Surface Electromagnetic Waves on Planar Structures: A Review

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Spectra of fluctuating, thermally stimulated electromagnetic waves radiated by a planar structure give us ample information both about the nature of electromagnetic waves generated by a crystalline lattice of the film-on-substrate structure and physical (optical) properties of a film and a substrate. In a number of cases, the study of physical properties of ultrathin films on a substrate can provide more information when oone uses nonradiative surface electromagnetic waves and surface polaritons, which are associated with electromagnetic excitations in the near field.

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This work was supported by the Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences I.7 “Topical Problems of Photonics, Probing of Inhomogeneous Media and Materials”.

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Vinogradov, E.A. Surface Electromagnetic Waves on Planar Structures: A Review. Phys. Wave Phen. 28, 1–13 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X20010094

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