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Optics in Stratified Media—The Use of Optical Eigenmodes of Uniaxial Crystals in the 4 × 4-Matrix Formalism
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1989
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Optical DesignOptical MaterialsEngineeringWave OpticStratified Media—the UseOptic DesignOptical TestingOptical EigenmodesHomogeneous LayerFiber OpticsSurface ReflectanceOptical PropertiesOptical SystemsPhotonicsMatrix FormalismUniaxial CrystalsPhysicsOptical TransmissionPhotonic MaterialsClassical OpticsOptical PhysicApplied PhysicsCrystalsOptical SciencesOptical System AnalysisExact PropagatorDiffractive Optic
Abstract A new method of evaluating the optical properties of stratified uniaxial media is proposed. Within Berreman's 4 × 4 matrix formalism, the exact propagator of a homogeneous layer is used instead of the Taylor series expansion. The calculation of the transmission and reflection matrices for a given propagator is performed. Examples are given to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed method.
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