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the real part of equation (5.3.10). The imaginary part of the Poynting vector shows the stored energy in the evanescent field. Figure (5.5c) shows the surface wave propagation in the y-direction that also occurs in the case of the obliquely incident TE‐polarized waves.

      This subsection shows the existence of a surface wave at the interface of natural media. However, artificially engineered metasurfaces discussed in subsection (22.5.5) of chapter 2 has additional ability to control the surface wave in the desired manner, and also reradiate it as the leaky wave.

      The EM‐waves can strike the slab embedded in a homogeneous medium both normally and obliquely. Both cases of wave incidence and their transmission line models are discussed below. The analysis can be extended to the multilayer medium.

      5.4.1 Oblique Incidence

      Extending the process given in equations (5.2.1)(5.2.7), the total E and H‐fields in three media are written as follows:

Schematic illustration of plane-wave incident on a dielectric slab.

      The continuity of the y‐components of the field across the interface also provides the phase matching giving the following result:

      (5.4.6)equation

      The dispersion relation (4.5.29d) of chapter 4 provides the following expressions for the propagation constant of propagating wave, in the medium #2 and medium #3, in the x‐axis direction:

      (5.4.7)equation

      (5.4.8)equation

      The above equations are solved to get the following set of expressions for images and images:

      (5.4.12)equation

      The above equations are solved to get the following expressions for the reflection and transmission coefficients of the obliquely incident TE‐polarized wave: