Research on Refractive Index and Polarization Direction of light in Crystal

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10.2991/aetr-17.2018.48How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Refractive index; Vibration; Polarization; Uniaxial crystal

Abstract

The optical indicatrix gives the relation between the direction of vibration and the index of refraction of light propagating in the crystal. In this paper, from the direction of the wave normal and the optical indicatrix, the general formula of the refractive index and the direction of the vibration of the light propagating in the crystal is derived by using the coordinate rotation method. The solution is appropriate to both uniaxial crystal and biaxial crystal. The result is simple and meaningful with physical significance.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuqing Xie
AU  - Chuanyang Wang
AU  - Dong Xue
PY  - 2018/03
DA  - 2018/03
TI  - Research on Refractive Index and Polarization Direction of light in Crystal
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference Advanced Engineering and Technology Research (AETR 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 249
EP  - 253
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aetr-17.2018.48
DO  - 10.2991/aetr-17.2018.48
ID  - Xie2018/03
ER  -