Transmission of dipole radiation through interfaces and the phenomenon of anti-critical angles

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1109-1117

  Arnoldus, Henk F ^a   Foley, John T ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

ANTICRITICAL ANGLES; ELECTRIC DIPOLE; EVANESCENT WAVES; FRESNEL REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; TRAVELING WAVES; WAVE VECTORS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3042527380     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.001109     Document Type: Article

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