The propagation of surface waves on a semi-bounded quantum plasma in the presence of the external magnetic field and collisional effects is investigated by using quantum magnetohydrodynamics model. A general analytical expression for the dispersion relation of surface waves is obtained by considering the boundary conditions. It is shown that, in some special cases, the obtained dispersion relation reduces to the results reported in previous works. It is also indicated that the quantum, external magnetic field and collisional effects can facilitate the propagation of surface waves on a semi-bounded plasma. In addition, it is found that the growth rate of the surface wave instability is enhanced by increasing the collision frequency and plasmonic parameter.

The propagation of surface waves on a semi-bounded quantum plasma is investigated taking into account the collisional effects. The quantum hydrodynamic model includes Bohm's quantum force, Fermi-Dirac statistical, and collisional corrections are used to derive the dispersion relation of these waves. It is shown that the collisions play a significant role on the decay of surface wave amplitude. Furthermore, the surface waves can be unstable in the presence of collisional effects. It is also indicated that the growth rate of the surface wave instability increases with the increase of collisional and quantum effects, especially in the high wavenumber region. V C 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.

In this paper, we have investigated the nonlinear interaction between high-frequency surface plasmons and low-frequency ion oscillations in a semi-bounded collisional quantum plasma. By coupling the nonlinear Schrodinger equation and quantum hydrodynamic model, and taking into account the ponderomotive force, the dispersion equation is obtained. By solving this equation, it is shown that there is a modulational instability in the system, and collisions and quantum forces play significant roles on this instability. The quantum tunneling increases the phase and group velocities of the modulated waves and collisions increase the growth rate of the modulational instability. It is also shown that the effect of quantum forces and collisions is more significant in high modulated wavenumber regions.

We reply to the Comment of Moradi [Phys. Plasmas 23, 044701 (2016)] on our paper [Phys. Plasmas 20, 122106 (2013)]. It is shown that TM surface waves can propagate on the surface of a semi-bounded quantum magnetized collisional plasma in the Faraday configuration in the electrostatic limit. In addition, in the Faraday configuration, one can neglect the coupling of TM and TE modes in the two limiting cases of weak magnetic field (low cyclotron frequency) and strong magnetic field (high cyclotron frequency).