Abstract
Two methods for oblique propagation in two dielectric examples of helicoidal bianisotropic mediums - chiral sculptured thin films and chiral smectic liquid crystals - are compared: (i) the series solution method, and (ii) the piecewise homogeneity approximation method. Both have to be numerically implemented, although only the former relies on an exact analytic solution of the frequency-domain Maxwell postulates. Convergence in the series solution method is investigated via calculations for a variety of planewave-illumination parameters and constitutive properties. Likewise, the maximum slice thickness for convergent results from the piecewise homogeneity approximation method is also studied. The computational efficiencies of both methods are compared.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 369-386 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Optics Communications |
| Volume | 230 |
| Issue number | 4-6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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