The theory of propagation of electromagnetic waves in a waveguide with a magnetoactive anisotropic modulated filling

Abstract: Propagation of electromagnetic waves in a waveguide with an arbitrary cross section is considered. The waveguide is filled with a magnetoactive anisotropic medium periodically modulated in space and time. The wave equations for the potentials of transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) fields are derived. Expressions for the TE and TM waveguide fields observed in the region of weak interaction between the signal wave and the modulation wave are found in the first approximation for small modulation indexes of the filling. The frequency near which strong (resonance) interaction between the signal wave and the modulation wave develops is expressed in an analytic form. The propagation of TE and TM waves in the strong-interaction region is investigated.