中国物理B ›› 1998, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (6): 432-436.doi: 10.1088/1004-423X/7/6/004

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TOTAL REFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANE WAVES AT THE INTERFACE INCLUDING A CHIRAL MEDIUM

李占杰1, 熊元生1, 刘祖黎1, 姚凯伦2   

  1. (1)Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (2)International Center of Materials Physics, Academia Sinica, Shenyang 110015, China
  • 收稿日期:1997-08-04 出版日期:1998-06-20 发布日期:1998-06-20
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Li fe Science Foundation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

TOTAL REFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANE WAVES AT THE INTERFACE INCLUDING A CHIRAL MEDIUM

LI ZHAN-JIE (李占杰)a, XIONG YUAN-SHENG (熊元生)a, LIU ZU-LI (刘祖黎)a, YAO KAI-LUN (姚凯伦)b   

  1. a Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; b International Center of Materials Physics, Academia Sinica, Shenyang 110015, China
  • Received:1997-08-04 Online:1998-06-20 Published:1998-06-20
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Li fe Science Foundation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

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摘要： The total reflection characteristics of plane waves from the interfac e including a chiral medium have been studied with complex chiral material param eters. The possible values of chirality admittance ζcare determined for left-circularly polarized (LCP) and right-circularly polarized (RCP) total reflections at fixed incident angles from an interface between free space and a chiral medium. It is found that there exists a region of parameter ζc , in which neither LCP nor RCP modes can be totally reflected for any incident angleθ. It is demonstrated that for ζ1=Re(ζc)＞0,total reflection is preferred for LCP mode whereas RCP total reflection is favored for ζ1＜0.

Abstract: The total reflection characteristics of plane waves from the interfac e including a chiral medium have been studied with complex chiral material param eters. The possible values of chirality admittance $\zeta$c are determined for left-circularly polarized (LCP) and right-circularly polarized (RCP) total reflections at fixed incident angles from an interface between free space and a chiral medium. It is found that there exists a region of parameter $\zeta$c , in which neither LCP nor RCP modes can be totally reflected for any incident angle $\theta$. It is demonstrated that for $\zeta$1 = Re ($\zeta$c)＞0, total reflection is preferred for LCP mode whereas RCP total reflection is favored for $\zeta$1＜0.

中图分类号:  (Electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation)

  • 41.20.Jb
78.20.-e (Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films)