Transition from Ray Optics to Waveoptics: Euclidean Optics and Gaussin Beams (Reading assignment)
Gaussian Beam (Summary)
2.1 Effects of Polarization on the Reflectivity at a interface
2.2 Linear and Circular Polarization 30 Enero 2025
2.3 Harnessing the Polarization State of a Wave
Strategy: Using anisotropic materials to differentially modify the PHASE of the incident wave vectorial components
2.3.A Changing the polarization using birefringent materials 04 Feb 2025
2.3.B Converting linearly polarized light into circularly polarized 04 Feb 2025
2.3.C Reflection of circularly polarized light from a metal surface
2.5 Fresnel's Ellipsoid to Describe Light Propagation in a Birefringent Medium: GRAPHICAL METHOD
2.5.A Fresnel Ellipsoid for Uni-axial Crystals 11 Feb 2025
2.5.B Huygens' Principle of Wave Propagation 11 Feb 2025
2.5.C Examples of Double Refraction: Case of Normal Incidence 25 Feb 2025
2.4 Maxwell Equations (ME) for the case of an anisotropic material
2.4.A Introduction-1 The Polarization vector P 25 Feb 2025
2.4.B Introduction-2 Relationship between the Polarization P and the Electric Field E 27 Feb 2025
2.4.C The Nature of the Anisotropic Response 11 Feb 2025
Analogy with a mechanical system
The Concept of Principal Indices of Refraction
2.4.D Looking for plane wave solutions to the Maxwell Equations 27 Feb 2025
2.6 Fresnel's Ellipsoid to Describe Light Propagation in a Birefringent Medium: ANALYTICAL METHOD 27 Feb 2025, 04 Marzo 2025
Appendix: Plane Waves
2.7 Jones Calculus to Describe Polarization. Beam Splitters
(See Section 2 on Beam Splitters)
Appendix: Quantum Beam Splitter
References: seed paper-1 seed paper-2
2.8 Nonliner Optics