Optical activity of crystals with sinusoidal spatial modulation of dielectric parameters
The optical properties of crystals of which the gyration tensor component g 33 is spatially modulated with a sinusoidal wave form are studied in the framework of the Jones calculus for inhomogeneous optical media. The polarization of the electromagnetic waves propagated along the modulation axis dir...
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| Published in | Ferroelectrics Vol. 202; no. 1; pp. 235 - 240 |
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| Main Authors | , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Taylor & Francis Group
01.01.1997
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The optical properties of crystals of which the gyration tensor component g
33
is spatially modulated with a sinusoidal wave form are studied in the framework of the Jones calculus for inhomogeneous optical media. The polarization of the electromagnetic waves propagated along the modulation axis direction and the normal wave ellipticity parameter related to the macroscopic optical activity effect are derived. The results testify that the optical properties of the modulated crystals would be independent of the exact modulation shape and predict a small magnitude of the optical activity in the incommensurate phases of A
2
BX
4
group crystals. |
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| Bibliography: | SourceType-Scholarly Journals-2 ObjectType-Feature-2 ObjectType-Conference Paper-1 content type line 23 SourceType-Conference Papers & Proceedings-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
| ISSN: | 0015-0193 1563-5112 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00150199708213481 |