Scalar Approximation to Describe Depolarized Light: Equation for Refraction, when Impedance is Constant

C.-C. Tsai; B. Ya. Zeldovich

doi:10.1364/FIO.2006.FThQ3

Frontiers in Optics
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2006),
paper FThQ3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2006.FThQ3

Scalar Approximation to Describe Depolarized Light: Equation for Refraction, when Impedance is Constant

C.-C. Tsai and B. Ya. Zeldovich

Frontiers in Optics 2006

Rochester, New York United States
10–13 October 2006
ISBN: 1-55752-818-7

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Abstract

Scalar wave equation is derived, which describes refraction due to propagation speed inhomogeneities in assumption of constant impedance Z. This Z-Helmholtz equation yields surprisingly good description of situations with depolarized light sources and unpolarized detectors.

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