Transmission ellipsometry of a thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium

被引：52

作者：

Rovira, PI

Yarussi, RA

Collins, RW

Messier, R

Venugopal, VC

Lakhtakia, A

Robbie, K

Brett, MJ

机构：

[1] PENN STATE UNIV,COMPUTAT & THEORET MAT SCI GRP,DEPT ENGN SCI & MECH,UNIVERSITY PK,PA 16802

[2] UNIV ALBERTA,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN,ALBERTA MICROELECT CTR,EDMONTON,AB T6G 2G7,CANADA

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1997年 / 71卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.119618

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Experimental evidence is introduced for circularly birefringent and dichroic behavior in a MgF2 thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium (TFHBM), which is a rotationally inhomogeneous and anisotropic material. Optical rotation (OR) of an incident linearly polarized monochromatic plane wave is observed upon transmission through the MgF2/glass TFHBM/substrate system, and it is accompanied by an ellipticity in the polarization of the transmitted plane wave. Both OR and ellipticity spectra have remarkable features within a narrow wavelength zone not unlike the Cotton effect in isotropic chiral media. The features in the experimental spectra are in accord with theoretical predictions. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.

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页码：1180 / 1182

页数：3

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