Reflection and transmission of light at a curved interface: coherent state approach

2011/01/05 by Nikolai I. Petrov, Petrov, Nikolai I.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1101.0928

11 pages, 3 figures. Paper was presented at FiO/LS 2008

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Abstract

Phase-space procedure based on coherent state representation is proposed for investigation of reflection and transmission of light beams at a curved dielectric boundary. Numerical simulations of reflection and transmission of light at various boundaries separating two different dielectrics are carried out. Significant influence of wave-front curvature and polarization of incident beam on the reflectance and transmittance is shown.

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