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An essential difference between dielectric mirrors and chiral mirrors
Author(s) -
Lakhtakia Akhlesh,
Xu Jian
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.21082
Subject(s) - electrical conductor , dielectric , electric field , microwave , boundary (topology) , optics , physics , face (sociological concept) , boundary value problem , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , social science , sociology
The boundary conditions on the exposed face of a dielectric mirror are shown to be effectively the same as those for perfect electric conductors, whereas the boundary conditions on the exposed face of a chiral mirror are very different from those for either perfect electric conductors or perfect magnetic conductors. Cavities between two chiral mirrors have a relatively uniform field distribution, which is significant for spectral‐hole filters and coherent light generation. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 47: 63–64, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21082