Title

An Electromagnetic World Without Polarization

Keywords

absorption; polarization; transmission; wave propagation

Abstract

The majority of natural sources (black-bodies, fluorescent bulbs, etc) generate completely un-polarized light; the majority of detectors (eyes, photo-cameras, photomultipliers, etc) are polarization-insensitive. To reflect this, we attempt to describe approximately electromagnetic waves without polarization. Corresponding scalar equations are non-trivial modifications of standard d'Alembert and Helmholtz equations to the case of spatially inhomogeneous propagation speed . A description of Fresnel reflection (FR) and Goos-Hänchen shift for total internal reflection phenomena is given on the basis of these modified equations. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volume

15

Issue

1

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/15/1/014014

Socpus ID

84872394201 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84872394201

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