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Radiation of surface polaritons by an annular beam coaxially enclosing a cylindrical waveguide

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We investigate the radiation of surface polaritons by an annular beam that coaxially encloses a cylindrical waveguide surrounded by a homogeneous medium. By using the Green dyadic, the electromagnetic potentials and the electric and magnetic fields are found inside and outside the waveguide. The expression for the energy losses is derived for the general case of the dispersion for dielectric permittivities inside and outside the cylinder. A comprehensive analysis is presented in the spectral range corresponding to the radiation of surface polaritons. The highest peaks in the spectral distribution are obtained for intermediate values of the beam velocity. In the limit of transparent medium the spectrum of radiated surface polaritons is discrete and the corresponding frequencies are determined by the eigenvalue equation for the cylindrical waveguide. Numerical examples are presented for the Drude model of dispersion.

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A. A. Saharian, G. V. Chalyan, L. Sh. Grigoryan, H. F. Khachatryan, V. Kh. Kotanjyan. 2025-04-20. Radiation of surface polaritons by an annular beam coaxially enclosing a cylindrical waveguide. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170408

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