Shear waves guided by the imperfect interface of two magnetoelectric materials

In this paper, propagation of shear waves along a weak interface of two dissimilar magnetoelectric or magnetoelectroelastic materials is considered. Two exact dispersion relations are obtained for an imperfect electrode interface and an unelectroded interface, respectively. The existence condition of the interfacial waves is studied. Our results show that the interfacial imperfection strongly affects the velocity of the interfacial shear waves. In particular, for certain bi-magnetoelectric material, the interfacial shear waves may do not exist for a perfect interface and exist only for an imperfect interface. These findings are useful for the design of high-frequency wave devices.