Abstract
A singular perturbation analysis of the interaction of the fundamental plane wave progressing in the direction of the sinusoidally varying permittivity of an unbounded medium with the first four space harmonics progressing in the reverse direction is carried out. The periodic inhomogeneity introduces self and mutual interaction phenomena. The self interaction, in general, produces a phase shift and causes the mutual interaction to occur for frequencies higher than those predicted by the Bragg condition. The mutual interaction introduces a complex change in the wavenumber resulting in the interacting waves becoming evanescent. Analytical expressions for the frequency shift and the other wave characteristics in the interaction region are deduced. With the increase in the order of the interaction, the frequency shift becomes a more dominant effect than the wave evanescence.
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