Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, Volume. 25, Issue 4, 397(2008)
Reflection and polarization characteristics of circularly polarized light at the surface of a chiral negative refraction medium
The reflection and transmission characteristics are analyzed theoretically when circularly polarized light is incident upon the surface of a chiral negative refraction medium. Normalized reflected and transmission power curves vs incident angle,and Brewster angle curves vs the cbirality parameter are plotted. When the incident angle is larger than the critical angles of two eigen waves,the total internal reflection occurs. Due to the negative refraction of one eigenwave in the chiral medium,the polarization state of the reflected waves caused by the incidence of right or left circularly polarized light is very different from that in the common medium. The reflected waves are linearly polarized with different polarization direction when the light is incident at the Brewster angle.
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LIU Bin, DONG Jian-feng. Reflection and polarization characteristics of circularly polarized light at the surface of a chiral negative refraction medium[J]. Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2008, 25(4): 397
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Received: Jun. 12, 2007
Accepted: --
Published Online: Jun. 7, 2010
The Author Email: Bin LIU (liubin7789@sina.com)
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