Consider a problem in classical electrodynamics, when a monochromatic beam experiences total internal refraction when traveling from a medium with n>1 to a medium with refractive index 1 - see schematic below. Using Fresnel equations one gets the penetration depth d=1√k2x+k2y−(2πλ)2,
At least in theory, it is possible to have an evanescent wave of an arbitrary penetration depth d. However, in such case one needs to use a plane wave, thus a wave of unbounded spatial size. For a beam with a finite variance ⟨x2⟩ (and ky=0 to reduce the problem to two dimensions) there seems to be a relation that ⟨d⟩/√⟨x2⟩ is lesser than a constant.
The main questions: is there any strict bound in the form of a measure of penetration depth≤f(transversal beam size,n)
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