Cross polarization of lateral waves propagating along a free-space-chiral planar interface: Applications to identification of optically active materials

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1194-1199

  Bahar, Ezekiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DICHROISM; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL ROTATION; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

CHEMICAL MATERIALS; CHIRAL MATERIAL; CRITICAL ANGLES; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; CROSS-POLARIZED; LATERAL WAVES; MUELLER MATRIX; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; OPTICALLY ACTIVE MATERIAL; PLANAR INTERFACE; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSMITTED WAVES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 79959191496     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001194     Document Type: Article

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