Total transmission of inhomogeneous electromagnetic waves at planar interfaces

We present the total transmission effect of inhomogeneous electromagnetic waves between dissipative media. The total transmission of a p-polarized plane wave at the interface between two lossless dielectrics happens at the Brewster angle. However, when a dielectric-conductor interface is considered, the effect cannot be achieved and there is only a minimum, different from zero, of the reflection coefficient. We prove that, by considering an inhomogeneous plane wave, the total transmission can be obtained both at the interface between two dissipative media and at the dielectric-conductor interface.