Optical waves in crystals by Yariv A., Yeh P.

Optical waves in crystals



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Optical waves in crystals Yariv A., Yeh P. ebook
Page: 601
Format: djvu
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471091421, 9780471091424


The baseline time span for this database is (publication years) 1998-June 30, 2008 from the third bimonthly update (a 10-year + 6-month period). Imagine a ray of light, a bright, narrow laser beam, piercing a non-linear medium, such as photorefractive or liquid crystal. Examples of such materials are photonic crystals, which are periodic structures that affect the motion of light in much the same way as crystalline solids affect the flow of electrons. Ratio of photonic crystal microcavities,” Opt. Derrick, “Comments on Nonlinear Wave Equations as Models for Elementary Particles,” J. 301-1109, http://mipd.snu.ac.kr) Optical Waves in Crystals A. To form the Hopf fibration, Chen et al. To exploit THz-wave region, nonlinear optical effects and various optical technology are utilized. For disordered structures, random light scattering and interference can produce an effect called localization, in which a light wave becomes "stuck" in closed paths inside the material, bouncing back and forth in complex looping paths called "modes". The intensity is the product of photon energy and photon flux. A result of this is the ob-served anisotropy of the optical properties of crystals, particularly the dependence on direction of the rate of propagation v of waves and of the index of refraction n. Wave plates and linear polarizers are common optical elements that alter the polarization of light passing through them. Nonlinear Optics, Third Edition by Robert. A feature of chiral nematic liquid crystals that makes them ideal for generating the Hopf fibration is that the nematic director is easily splayed, bent, or twisted by an external stimulus, bounding surface, or an optical field. This effect can occur only if the structure of the material is anisotropic, so that the material's optical properties are not the same in all directions. Claus., Semiconductor Optics, 2nd ed., Springe, New York, 2004. This Demonstration shows the effect of the optical element on the polarization of light. Yeh (John Wiley, New Jersey, 2003) Page 2. Of optical waves in layered media and teaches the. Sandwiched a 20 -micron-thick layer . The units of the optical intensity (or light intensity) are W/m2 or (more commonly) W/cm2. Yeh, Optical Waves in Crystals: Propagation and Control of Laser Radiation, John Wiley and.