2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/132634The selection of a higher vapor deposition angle when growing a columnar thin film (CTF) leads to surface-wave propagation at a planar metal-CTF interface with phase velocity of lower magnitude and shorter propagation range. Acordingly, a higher angle of plane-wave incidence is required to excite that surface wave in a modified Kretschmann configuration.OpticsClassical PhysicsMorphological influence on surface--wave propagation at the planar interface of a metal film and a columnar thin filmtext