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Steering Dyakonov-like waves

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The propagation direction of low-loss electromagnetic surface waves can be tuned over tens of degrees by small changes in the dielectric environment.

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Figure 1: Excitation of Dyakonov-like surface waves guided by an ultrathin Al2O3 layer sandwiched between a biaxial LiB3O5 (LBO) crystal and a liquid with a high index of refraction.

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  1. Mikhail A. Noginov is in the Department of Physics and Center for Materials Research at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504, USA,

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