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Abstract

The characteristics of the guided electromagnetic wave propagation through a slab waveguide of uniaxially anisotropic dispersive metamaterial are investigated. Taking the cold plasma media model with ω_mpz < ω_mp⊥ < ω_ep⊥ as an example,the mode classification established in terms of the operating angular frequency ω₀ of the slab waveguide. The results indicate that the mode properties are closely dependent on the frequency. When ω² _mpz < ω²₀ < ω²_mp⊥ there are infinite guided modes. It is also found that when ω²_em < ω²₀ < ω²_mpz,there may be multiple solutions of the propagating mode with imaginary transverse wave number in a slab waveguide with thickness less than a certain value.

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