Optical properties of an isotropic optically active medium at oblique incidence

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.

Light splitting effects in chiral metamaterials

“…The amplitudes of the reflected and transmitted waves from the chiral media (slab/wedge) can be obtained by methods [1,[30][31][32][33][34] proposed for regular positive refractive index chiral media, without the restriction that the effective refractive index needs to be positive. In the special case when both ε R r and μ R r change sign, though optical rotation is not affected, the circular dichroism does reverse in sign [35], i.e.…”