Analysis of plane-wave light normally incident to an axially excited structurally chiral half-space

Abstract

We analyse electromagnetic radiation normally incident to a structurally chiral half-space. We adopt two strategies based respectively on the exact electromagnetic solution to the problem, and a more phenomenological approach based on coupled-wave analysis. We find good agreement between the two methods.

Acknowledgment

MWM acknowledges the support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under grant GR/S68743 and GR/S71286.

Notes

For real ζ, lim_ζ→∞(tanh iζ) does not exist.