PROPAGATION OF SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES SIMILAR TO RAYLEIGH WAVES IN THE CASE OF LEONTOVICH BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

摘要

If on a surface Σ bounding an electromagnetic field, the Leontovich boundary conditions with a pure imaginary exponent are fulfilled, then surface electromagnetic waves propagating along Σ may exist. These waves have much in common with the Rayleigh waves in elasticity theory. In the paper, the ray theory of this electromagnetic analog of the Rayleigh waves is constructed.