• DocumentCode
    3039611
  • Title

    Wave vectors of light beams in anisotropic crystals

  • Author

    Pu Tianshu

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Sci., Donghua Univ., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    26-28 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    6164
  • Lastpage
    6167
  • Abstract
    Starting with the introduction of wave vectors of light beams in anisotropic crystals, we examine the relationship between wave vector and electric displacement vector. Based on the fact that the two wave vectors with different magnitudes and directions in a crystal can be solved by the determinantal equations of the wave differential equations an ambiguity in representation of birefringence phenomena is pointed out and a way to free of the ambiguity is set forth.
  • Keywords
    anisotropic media; birefringence; electromagnetic waves; vectors; anisotropic crystals; birefringence phenomena; determinantal equations; electric displacement vector; light beams; wave differential equations; wave vectors; Crystals; Dielectrics; Ellipsoids; Maxwell equations; Optics; Vibrations; anisotropic crystal; birefringence; wave vector;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hangzhou
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-771-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMT.2011.6002544
  • Filename
    6002544