Polarimetric investigation of materials with both linear and circular anisotropy

We investigate light propagation through materials with both linear and circular anisotropy and find the relation of the amplitude and polarization transfer functions to the four anisotropic characteristics: linear circular birefringence, and linear and circular dichroism. We determine these four ch...

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Published in:Journal of modern optics 1997-09, Vol.44 (9), p.1643-1650
Main Authors: Naydenova, I., Nikolova, L., Todorov, T., Andruzzi, F., Hvilsted, S., Ramanujam, P. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Optics
Physics
Wave optics
Wave propagation, transmission and absorption
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Summary:We investigate light propagation through materials with both linear and circular anisotropy and find the relation of the amplitude and polarization transfer functions to the four anisotropic characteristics: linear circular birefringence, and linear and circular dichroism. We determine these four characteristics of anisotropic samples by measuring the output intensity and polarization corresponding to different input polarization azimuths and fitting the theoretical and experimental results. In our experiments we have used films of side-chain azobenzene polyesters in which optical anisotropy had been previously induced on illumination with elliptically polarized light.
ISSN:0950-0340
1362-3044
DOI:10.1080/09500349708230764