Modified form birefringence in periodic multilayer structures including uniaxial anisotropic materials
JOSA B, Vol. 25, Issue 5, pp. 777-784 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.25.000777
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Abstract
We use transfer matrix formalism to investigate periodic multilayer structures including uniaxial anisotropic materials in the specific case where the optical z axis is normal to the layer interfaces. Having decoupled the problem into two independent states of polarization, we first derive a universal transfer matrix for the unit cell of an arbitrary bilayer (z uniaxial–z uniaxial or z uniaxial–isotropic), and then determine the effective indices in the long-wavelength limit through a homogenization procedure. A graphic representation illustrates the analytical results in terms of generalized filling factors. The procedure is also generalized to n-ary stacks.
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OCIS Codes
(160.1190) Materials : Anisotropic optical materials
(260.2065) Physical optics : Effective medium theory
ToC Category:
Materials
History
Original Manuscript: December 17, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: January 28, 2008
Published: April 25, 2008
Citation
Yann G. Boucher, Judikaël Le Rouzo, Isabelle Ribet-Mohamed, and Riad Haïdar, "Modified form birefringence in periodic multilayer structures including uniaxial anisotropic materials," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25, 777-784 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-25-5-777
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