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Abstract

It is theoretically examined whether electromagnetic surface waves manifest at the interface between air and photonic hypercrystals for the transverse magnetic polarisation mode (TM). Photonic hypercrystals are created by arranging HMMs into periodic photonic crystal. It is found that the studied surface waves have modest losses and are symmetric with respect to the positive and negative directions of surface propagation. The relationship between these waves and the hyperbolic metamaterial layers filling factor and the crystal itself is developed by curve graphing.