Abstract

The optical properties of an isotropic optically active medium at oblique incidence have been investigated. It was found that the amount of transmitted light converted from $p$ polarization to $s$ polarization and vice versa, through an isotropic optically active medium, is independent of the state of incident polarization. Though the optical rotation through the optically active medium is same for $p$ and $s$ polarization at normal incidence, it becomes different at oblique incidences.

© 2001 Optical Society of America

Optical properties of an isotropic optically active medium at oblique incidence: comment

Akhlesh Lakhtakia
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 19(4) 807-808 (2002)

Electromagnetic wave propagation through a dielectric–chiral interface and through a chiral slab

S. Bassiri, C. H. Papas, and N. Engheta
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 5(9) 1450-1459 (1988)

Anomalous transmission at oblique incidence in absorbing cholesteric liquid crystals

Yuvaraj Sah and K. A. Suresh
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 11(2) 740-744 (1994)

Reflection and refraction of an arbitrary electromagnetic wave at a plane interface separating an isotropic and a biaxial medium

Jakob J. Stamnes and Glen S. Sithambaranathan
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18(12) 3119-3129 (2001)

Characterization of natural and artificial optical activity by the Mueller matrix for oblique incidence, total internal reflection, and Brewster angle

Ezekiel Bahar
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25(8) 1294-1302 (2008)