Abstract
Recently there has been a rapid growth of interest in the study of electromagnetic waves in solids. It has been scarcely three years since the initial observation of helicon waves by Bowers, Legendy, and Rose1 and the observation of Alfven waves by Buchsbaum and Galt.2 Yet, in a recent review article,3 Bowers lists more than 30 articles on these waves. Despite this spurt of activity, the nature of electromagnetic waves in solids has remained rather obscure to many of the workers in other areas of physics. In this paper I will endeavor to convey a physical feeling for the nature of the helicon wave, which is the most easily studied of the electromagnetic waves in solids. A simple experimental technique for the study of helicon waves in metals will be described, and then the application of the experimental technique to the observation of the helicon wave-sound wave interaction will be discussed.
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Grimes, C.C. (1965). Interaction of Helicon Waves and Sound Waves in Potassium. In: Daunt, J.G., Edwards, D.O., Milford, F.J., Yaqub, M. (eds) Low Temperature Physics LT9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6443-4_11
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