Title :
Wave vectors of light beams in anisotropic crystals
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Sci., Donghua Univ., Shanghai, China
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;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-771-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMT.2011.6002544
