Open AccessThe Goos-H?nchen shift on the surface of uniaxially anisotropic left-handed materials
Author(s) -
Yongyuan Jiang,
Yongqiang Zhang,
Hongyan Shi,
Chunfeng Hou,
Xingming Sun
Publication year - 2007
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.56.798
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , anisotropy , materials science , left handed , physics , optics
In this paper, the Goos-H?nchen shift on the interface of uniaxially anisotropic left-handed materials is investigated exhaustively, and the analytical expressions of Goos-H?nchen shift is presented for the cases of the optical axis being perpendicular and parallel to the interface, respectively. Moreover, the conditions for the existence and the sign of Goos-H?nchen shift are determined. Under Fresnel approximation, the expression of Goos-H?nchen shift around the critical angle is obtained, and the result shows that the shift around the critical angle is a function of the beam waist and incident angle. A simple approximate expression of the lateral shift with incident angle equals the critical angle is also presented. Thus, the general expression of Goos-H?nchen shift for any incident angles is obtained.