Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Electromagnetic propagation in birefringent layered media

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

The propagation of electromagnetic radiation in birefringent layered media is considered. A general formulation of the plane-wave propagation in an arbitrarily birefringent layered medium is presented. The concepts of dynamical matrix and propagation matrix are introduced. A 4 × 4 transfer matrix method is used to relate the field amplitudes in different layers. Our general theory is then applied to the special case of periodic birefringent layered media, especially the Šolc birefringent layered media [ I. Šolc, Cesk. Casopis Fẏs. 3, 366 ( 1953); Cesk. Casopis Fẏs. 10, 16 ( 1960)]. The unit cell translation operator is derived. The band structures as well as the Bloch waves are obtained by diagonalizing the translation operator. Coupled mode theory is extended to the case of birefringent periodic perturbation to explain the exchange Bragg scattering. A general mode dispersion relation for guided waves is also obtained in terms of the transfer matrix elements.

© 1979 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Electromagnetic propagation in periodic stratified media. I. General theory*

Pochi Yeh, Amnon Yariv, and Chi-Shain Hong
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 67(4) 423-438 (1977)

Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Birefringent Multilayers*

D. A. Holmes and D. L. Feucht
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(12) 1763-1769 (1966)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (8)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (146)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved