Light scattering from an isotropic layer between uniaxial crystals
Abstract
We develop a model for the reflection and transmission of plane waves by an isotropic layer sandwiched between two uniaxial crystals of arbitrary orientation. In the laboratory frame, reflection and transmission coefficients corresponding to the principal polarization directions in each crystal are given explicitly in terms of the c-axis and propagation directions. The solution is found by first deriving explicit expressions for reflection and transmission amplitude coefficients for waves propagating from an arbitrarily oriented uniaxial anisotropic material into an isotropic material. By combining these results with Lekner's (1991) earlier treatment of waves propagating from isotropic media to anisotropic media and employing a matrix method we determine a solution to the general form of the multiple reflection case. The example system of a wetted interface between two ice crystals is used to contextualize the results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0901.2558,
title = {Light scattering from an isotropic layer between uniaxial crystals},
author = {Erik S. Thomson and Larry A. Wilen and John S. Wettlaufer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.2558},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
18 pages, 9 figures,updated with changes made to published version