Transmission matrix of a uniaxial optically active crystal platelet

Abstract

Expressions corresponding to the transmission of a uniaxial optically active crystal platelet are provided for an optical axis parallel and perpendicular to the plane of interface. The optical activity is taken into account by a consistent multipolar expansion of the crystal medium response due to the path of an electromagnetic wave. Numerical examples of the effect of the optical activity are given for quartz platelets of chosen thicknesses. The optical activity's effects on the variations of the transmission of quartz platelets as a function of the angle of incidence is also investigated.

Per mill level control of the circular polarisation of the laser beam for a Fabry-Perot cavity polarimeter at HERA

“…less than 0.1 rad for the work described here), the comparison between a plane wave treatment and a Gaussian wave treatment shows that the Gaussian character of the wave can be neglected [16]. Also, the contribution of the optical activity of the crystal [17] as well as the surface roughness [18] has been studied and found to be negligible (a relative contribution of less than 10 −6 ).…”

Spin-orbit interaction effects due to joint spectral-spatial dispersion

“…We use Jones matrix formalism to study the polarization characteristics of the output beam from the conoscopic polarization interferometer. The elliptical birefringence property of the XP is represented by a Jones matrix of M = M 0 + δM , 11 where M 0 and δM are the zero-order and first-order transmission matrix terms. 12 A linearly polarized beam of electric field E i is sent through the XP of Jones matrix M and projected to an orthogonal polarization state using an analyzer A.…”