Electromagnetic waves in uniaxial crystals: General formalism with an application to Bessel beams

2008/11/26 by Shahen Hacyan, S. Hacyan, Hacyan, S. +3
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors #FOS: Physical sciences #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Optics (physics.optics) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0811.4378

18 pages, 6 figures

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Abstract

We present a mathematical formalism describing the propagation of a completely general electromagnetic wave in a birefringent medium. Analytic formulas for the refraction and reflection from a plane interface are obtained. As a particular example, a Bessel beam impinging at an arbitrary angle is analyzed in detail. Some numerical results showing the formation and destruction of optical vortices are presented.

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