Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1982
Abstract
Brewster and pseudo-Brewster angles are defined for surfaces of transparent and absorbing uniaxial crystals parallel and perpendicular to the optic axis. Two Brewster angles of a transparent uniaxial crystal surface parallel to the optic axis, measured when the optic axis is oriented perpendicular and parallel to the plane of incidence, readily determine the ordinary and extraordinary indices No and Ne. No and Ne can also be obtained from two Brewster angles measured on a surface perpendicular to the optic axis in contact with two media of different refractive indices. Conditions for the existence of two Brewster angles are discussed. The complex No and Ne of an absorbing uniaxial crystal can be derived from pseudo-Brewster-angle and minimum-reflectance data obtained in two symmetrical orientations of a surface parallel to the optic axis. An approximate, but accurate, explicit inversion procedure is presented for this purpose.
Journal Name
Journal of the Optical Society of America (1917-1983)
Recommended Citation
M. Elshazly-Zaghloul and R. M. A. Azzam, "Brewster and pseudo-Brewster angles of uniaxial crystal surfaces and their use for determination of optical properties," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 657-661 (1982)
Comments
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