MULTIBEAM INTERFERENCE, TOTAL INTERNAL-REFLECTION AND OPTICAL-ACTIVITY

In this paper the multibeam reflection in a Fabry-Perot optically acti ve etalon has been studied in the case of total reflection of one boun dary. The formulae for the intensity of the reflected beam are obtaine d. The mathematical modelling shows that the multiple reflection reinf orced by total reflection in optically active isotropic medium increas es the intensity of the reflected waves and causes strong effects such as the polarization transformation and the splitting of the interfere nce maxima.