Transmission characters of birefringent thin films with columnar microstructures

WANG Jian-guo; HE Hong-bo; SHAO Jian-da; FAN Zheng-xiu

The transmission,reflection and phase properties of anisotropic thin films with columnar microstructures are derived from EM theory.Standard boundary conditions are imposed on resultant electric-field and magnetic-field vectors at interfaces.These matricial relations include multiple reflections while dealing with total fields.Calculation example is presented for a special case of isotropic-biaxial-isotropic system,which should be the foundation of further research and the design of birefringent thin-film device.

1. Optical Coating Technology R&D Center, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

Received Date: 2004-09-02

Accepted Date: 2004-10-19

Available Online: 2005-11-25

Abstract: The transmission,reflection and phase properties of anisotropic thin films with columnar microstructures are derived from EM theory.Standard boundary conditions are imposed on resultant electric-field and magnetic-field vectors at interfaces.These matricial relations include multiple reflections while dealing with total fields.Calculation example is presented for a special case of isotropic-biaxial-isotropic system,which should be the foundation of further research and the design of birefringent thin-film device.

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Transmission characters of birefringent thin films with columnar microstructures

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