<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The regime of total internal reflection of plane wave on the boundary between a lossless dielectrics and the lossy, or gainy, medium is analysed. It is shown that in order to achieve enhanced total internal reflection (TIR), <italic>ie</italic> magnitude of the reflection factor larger than one, the existence of the second boundary, virtually maybe infinitely far away, is inevitable. Some contradictory results published in literature are discussed.</p></abstract>

The regime of total internal reflection of plane wave on the boundary between a lossless dielectrics and the lossy, or gainy, medium is analysed. It is shown that in order to achieve enhanced total internal reflection (TIR), ie magnitude of the reflection factor larger than one, the existence of the second boundary, virtually maybe infinitely far away, is inevitable. Some contradictory results published in literature are discussed.

Some remarks on enhanced total internal reflection

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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The regime of total internal reflection of plane wave on the boundary between a lossless dielectrics and the lossy, or gainy, medium is analysed. It is shown...

Some remarks on enhanced total internal reflection

Published Online: Mar 20, 2020

Page range: 20 - 30

Received: Dec 16, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2020-0003

Keywords
reflection and refraction of plane wave on planar boundary, evanescent plane waves in lossy and gainy media, enhanced total internal reflection

© 2020 L’ubomír Šumichrast et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Some remarks on enhanced total internal reflection

Published Online: Mar 20, 2020

Page range: 20 - 30

Received: Dec 16, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2020-0003

Keywordsreflection and refraction of plane wave on planar boundary, evanescent plane waves in lossy and gainy media, enhanced total internal reflection

© 2020 L’ubomír Šumichrast et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
reflection and refraction of plane wave on planar boundary, evanescent plane waves in lossy and gainy media, enhanced total internal reflection