# Total reflection of light from a corrugated surface of a dielectric waveguide

Golubenko 1985: The first report of total reflection of light from the corrugated surface of a dielectric waveguide: at the angle where the incident wave…

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G A Golubenko, A S Svakhin, V A Sychugov, A V Tishchenko

G A Golubenko, A S Svakhin, V A Sychugov and A V Tishchenko, “Total reflection of light from a corrugated surface of a dielectric waveguide”, Sov. J. Quantum Electron. **15**, 886-887 (1985). [https://doi.org/10.1070/qe1985v015n07abeh007275](https://doi.org/10.1070/qe1985v015n07abeh007275)

The first report of total reflection of light from the corrugated surface of a dielectric waveguide: at the angle where the incident wave couples to a guided mode, the reflected wave carries all the power. This is the guided-mode resonance that a large literature, and the biosensor applications MC Grating is used for, grew from. Two of the authors, Sychugov and Tishchenko, are part of the research school the software comes from.

**Implemented in**: [Modal Collinear](https://mcgrating.com/products.html#modal-collinear)

**Cited on**: [Modes interference in high-contrast gratings](https://mcgrating.com/modes-interference.html)

**Bibliography**: [Modes-interference reference [1]](https://mcgrating.com/modes-interference.html#mi-ref-1)

**Full text**: [Total reflection of light from a corrugated surface of a dielectric waveguide](https://mcgrating.com/files/modesint/ref01.pdf) (PDF, 230 KB)

© 1985 IOP Publishing. This copy is hosted for the convenience of MC Grating users; the version of record is the publisher's, at the DOI above.

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