{"record_type":"pith_number_record","schema_url":"https://pith.science/schemas/pith-number/v1.json","pith_number":"pith:2010:OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6","short_pith_number":"pith:OILYKUCU","schema_version":"1.0","canonical_sha256":"721785505420a3a9d40cc945d5348b27bb6714192e1a342de35df461d3485c35","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"1006.3335","version":1},"attestation_state":"computed","paper":{"title":"Surface-plasmon-polariton wave propagation guided by a metal slab in a sculptured nematic thin film","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.optics","authors_text":"Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Muhammad Faryad","submitted_at":"2010-06-16T22:34:17Z","abstract_excerpt":"Surface-plasmon-polariton~(SPP) wave propagation guided by a metal slab in a periodically nonhomogeneous sculptured nematic thin film~(SNTF) was studied theoretically. The morphologically significant planes of the SNTF on both sides of the metal slab could either be aligned or twisted with respect to each other. The canonical boundary-value problem was formulated, solved for SPP-wave propagation, and examined to determine the effect of slab thickness on the multiplicity and the spatial profiles of SPP waves. Decrease in slab thickness was found to result in more intense coupling of two metal/S"},"verification_status":{"content_addressed":true,"pith_receipt":true,"author_attested":false,"weak_author_claims":0,"strong_author_claims":0,"externally_anchored":false,"storage_verified":false,"citation_signatures":0,"replication_records":0,"graph_snapshot":true,"references_resolved":false,"formal_links_present":false},"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"1006.3335","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"metadata":{"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"physics.optics","submitted_at":"2010-06-16T22:34:17Z","cross_cats_sorted":[],"title_canon_sha256":"a7bd97ca45d6fe4797ee05900e7e5c83b282300cf1e6a57442531f1149b8bd4d","abstract_canon_sha256":"0961a6f6d2dccfe87e23848b92cbce79adc027bfcaec209bc495953af58473c2"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-05-18T02:06:45.331900Z","signature_b64":"62lBX9w91hvqYSuw/CwBM13gZih3Yp8WbdlgrHEozEeCj1kCaDNQBZ00InovyT6SCale7Gk2+0Q/q1+NusWjCA==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"721785505420a3a9d40cc945d5348b27bb6714192e1a342de35df461d3485c35","last_reissued_at":"2026-05-18T02:06:45.331334Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-05-18T02:06:45.331334Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"Surface-plasmon-polariton wave propagation guided by a metal slab in a sculptured nematic thin film","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.optics","authors_text":"Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Muhammad Faryad","submitted_at":"2010-06-16T22:34:17Z","abstract_excerpt":"Surface-plasmon-polariton~(SPP) wave propagation guided by a metal slab in a periodically nonhomogeneous sculptured nematic thin film~(SNTF) was studied theoretically. The morphologically significant planes of the SNTF on both sides of the metal slab could either be aligned or twisted with respect to each other. The canonical boundary-value problem was formulated, solved for SPP-wave propagation, and examined to determine the effect of slab thickness on the multiplicity and the spatial profiles of SPP waves. Decrease in slab thickness was found to result in more intense coupling of two metal/S"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1006.3335","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"1006.3335","created_at":"2026-05-18T02:06:45.331431+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"1006.3335v1","created_at":"2026-05-18T02:06:45.331431+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.1006.3335","created_at":"2026-05-18T02:06:45.331431+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"OILYKUCUECR2","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:26:12.377268+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"OILYKUCUECR2TVAM","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:26:12.377268+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"OILYKUCU","created_at":"2026-05-18T12:26:12.377268+00:00"}],"events":[],"event_summary":{},"paper_claims":[],"inbound_citations":{"count":0,"internal_anchor_count":0,"sample":[]},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"sample":[],"anchors":[]},"links":{"html":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6","json":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6.json","graph_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/graph.json","events_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/events.json","paper":"https://pith.science/paper/OILYKUCU"},"agent_actions":{"view_html":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6","download_json":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6.json","view_paper":"https://pith.science/paper/OILYKUCU","resolve_alias":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/resolve?arxiv=1006.3335&json=true","fetch_graph":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/graph.json","fetch_events":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/events.json","actions":{"anchor_timestamp":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/action/timestamp_anchor","attest_storage":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/action/storage_attestation","attest_author":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/action/author_attestation","sign_citation":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/action/citation_signature","submit_replication":"https://pith.science/pith/OILYKUCUECR2TVAMZFC5KNELE6/action/replication_record"}},"created_at":"2026-05-18T02:06:45.331431+00:00","updated_at":"2026-05-18T02:06:45.331431+00:00"}