Abstract

In a previous paper, simple analytic expressions describing internal conical refraction were derived. That analysis is extended in this paper to describe the effects of optical activity or Faraday rotation on conical refraction. By use of a similar analysis, the generally elliptical-wave modes to which the incident wave bundle couples were determined and the Poynting vector associated with each mode was found. From the variation of the Poynting vector with wave position, the structure of the cone and the irradiance variation within it were determined. The calculations are compared with published experimental results. From this analysis, we infer a variation of the position of the dark spaces in polarized light with polarization, which is not indicated by previous work.

© 1972 Optical Society of America

Internal Conical Refraction*

D. L. Portigal and E. Burstein
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59(12) 1567-1573 (1969)

Laser studies of internal conical diffraction. II. Intensity patterns in an optically active crystal, α-iodic acid*

A. J. Schell and N. Bloembergen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68(8) 1098-1106 (1978)

Laser studies of internal conical diffraction. 1. Quantitative comparison of experimental and theoretical conical intensity distribution in aragonite*

A. J. Schell and N. Bloembergen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 68(8) 1093-1098 (1978)

Simplified Approach to the Propagation of Polarized Light in Anisotropic Media—Application to Liquid Crystals*

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Optics in Stratified and Anisotropic Media: 4×4-Matrix Formulation

Dwight W. Berreman
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62(4) 502-510 (1972)