Novel electromagnetic radiation in a semi-infinite space filled with a double-negative metamaterial

Citation Duan, Zhaoyun et al. " Novel Electromagnetic Radiation in a Semi-infinite Space Filled with a Double-negative Metamaterial. The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. We have theoretically investigated the electromagnetic radiation excited by a charged particle moving along a semi-infinite space filled with a double-negative metamaterial (DNM). Cherenkov radiation in the double-negative region exhibits reversed or backward radiation behavior. The spectral density of reversed Cherenkov radiation (RCR) has a continuous distribution over the radiation frequency region. The influence of some important parameters on the Cherenkov radiation energy per unit length has been discussed. The surface wave in the vacuum region presented here also is investigated. We conclude that the amplitude of the surface wave is greatly enhanced over some normal dielectric materials cases. The enhanced surface wave may be useful for high frequency and high power vacuum electron devices with the DNM.