REFLECTION AND REFRACTION AT THE SURFACE OF AN ISOTROPIC CHIRAL MEDIUM - EIGENVALUE-EIGENVECTOR SOLUTION USING A 4X4 MATRIX-METHOD

Fresnel reflection amplitude coefficients (fractional amplitudes) at t he surface of an isotropic, intrinsically nonmagnetic chiral medium ar e derived on the basis of the Drude-Condon model of optical activity. The eigenvalue-eigenvector solution is obtained with use of Berreman's 4 x 4 matrix method. Self-consistent results are obtained when the ca lculations are based on a new 4 x 4 matrix for reflection from an isot ropic chiral medium. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America