Open AccessEMERGENT POINTS' LOCUSES OF POLARIZED LIGHT IN BIAXIAL CRYSTAL WITH NORMAL INCIDENCE AS CRYSTAL MAKING DIRECTION CHANGES
Author(s) -
Lin Yuan
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.45.1051
Subject(s) - monochromatic color , uniaxial crystal , perpendicular , transmittance , optics , polarization (electrochemistry) , crystal (programming language) , ray , materials science , plane of incidence , optical axis , crystal optics , refractive index , physics , geometry , plane wave , laser , chemistry , programming language , mathematics , computer science , lens (geology)
In this paper, it is discussed that when monochromatic light incident normally on an arbitrarly making directional biaxial crystal. The formulas can be deduced for propagating directions of polarized light and the transmittance—reflectances of incident components. An important conclusion isobtained that directions of polarization are always on the refractive planes and the two refractive planes are perpendicular with ecch other. And finally, the numerical results are plotted in curvilineal diagrams for NaNO2, it is seen that the changes of the emergent points of polarized light and that of the reflectances are obvious as the crystal making directions change. These results offer a new possibility for determination of crystal optical constants.