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One-way electromagnetic mode that is guided by the mechanism of total internal reflection (TIR) can be realized in terahertz regime. In the optical system consisting of a dielectric layer sandwiched between magnetized semiconductor and metal, the one-way TIR mode can be immune to backscattering at imperfections. This mode possesses a broad band when high-order TIR modes are suppressed in the relevant semiconductor bandgap. Furthermore, it is shown that compared with one-way surface magnetoplasmons, the one-way TIR mode can more effectively match with the fundamental mode of conventional optical waveguide.
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