I. Abdulhalim, 2x2 Matrix summation method for multiple reflections and transmissions in a biaxial slab between two anisotropic media, OPT COMMUN, 163(1-3), 1999, pp. 9-14
An analytic method is developed for the investigation of light propagation
in biaxial media and simple formulae are derived for the transmission and r
eflection matrices from a general biaxial slab embedded in between arbitrar
ily oriented general ambient and substrate. The method is based on knowing
the interface reflection and transmission coefficients and the refractive i
ndices of the eigenwaves inside the slab. Once these are known, the reflect
ion and transmission from the biaxial slab are found in a 2 X 2-matrix form
as a result of matrix sum representing all the multiple reflections at the
interfaces. The method is also useful for dealing with a finite number of
zigzags. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.