DocumentCode :
1078284
Title :
Manipulating the Brewster angles by using microscopically coherent dipole quanta and its possible implications
Author :
Liao, Chungpin ; Chang, Hsien-Ming ; Liao, Chien-Jung
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Opto-Electron. & Mater. Sci., Nat. Formosa Univ., Huwei
Volume :
24
Issue :
8
fYear :
2006
Firstpage :
3248
Lastpage :
3254
Abstract :
Traditionally, the Brewster angle is a solid property of the material in question with respect to the frequency (or color) of an incident light of proper polarization. For the material in hand, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the Brewster angle and the incident light frequency. However, this paper shows that such Brewster angle can be modified, in a postprocess manner, into a new controllable (even dynamic) variable of the host matter if a microscopic method called "dipole engineering" is employed. It is first demonstrated theoretically how the Brewster angle of the selected host matter may, in principle, be manipulated without having to get involved in the recipe or processes originally leading to the materialization the host matter. Next, numerical experiments for the p-wave case based on the first-principle quantum mechanics simulation further evidence the variation of Brewster angles rendered by the proposed method. Then, some possibilities concerning its untraditional applications are conjectured and discussed, with the null and pump-dependent Brewster angles, and the intensity-wise low-pass filters, in particular, as examples
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical materials; Brewster angle; dipole engineering; dipole quanta; first-principle quantum mechanics simulation; low-pass filters; Frequency; Glass; Magnetic materials; Maxwell equations; Optical filters; Optical materials; Optical microscopy; Optical pumping; Quantum mechanics; Solids; Brewster angle; Fresnel equations; dipole engineering; microscopic optical source; molecular quantum mechanics simulation; permanent dipoles;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0733-8724
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.878288
Filename :
1667848
Link To Document :
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