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Reflection and refraction by uniaxial crystals

John Lekner
- 12 Aug 1991 - 
- Vol. 3, Iss: 32, pp 6121-6133
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In this article, the electric field vectors of the ordinary and extraordinary modes produced when plane waves of p or s polarization are incident on an arbitrary face of a uniaxial crystal are found.
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Explicit formulae are found for the electric field vectors of the ordinary and extraordinary modes produced when plane waves of p or s polarization are incident on an arbitrary face of a uniaxial crystal. The angle of incidence is unrestricted, and the anisotropic medium may be absorbing. The reflection amplitudes rpp, rps, rss, rsp, the transmission amplitudes tpo, tpe,tso,tse, and the wavevector and ray directions are then determined in terms of the direction cosines of the optic axis relative to the laboratory axes.

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Physical properties of crystals

John F. Nye
TL;DR: In this paper, the physical properties of crystals systematically in tensor notation are presented, presenting tensor properties in terms of their common mathematical basis and the thermodynamic relations between them.
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Ellipsometry and polarized light

TL;DR: In this article, the polarization of light waves and propagation of polarized light through polarizing optical systems are discussed. But the authors focus on the application of ellipsometry in the field of measurement in ellipsometer systems.
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Optics in Stratified and Anisotropic Media: 4×4-Matrix Formulation

TL;DR: A 4×4-matrix technique was introduced by Teitler and Henvis as discussed by the authors to solve the problem of reflection and transmission by cholesteric liquid crystals and other liquid crystals with continuously varying but planar ordering.
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Electromagnetic propagation in birefringent layered media

TL;DR: In this article, a general formulation of the plane-wave propagation in an arbitrarily birefringent layered medium is presented, and the concepts of dynamical matrix and propagation matrix are introduced.