Abstract

The kDB system, consisting of the propagation vector k and the plane perpendicular to k and containing the field vectors D and B, is developed to treat electromagnetic waves in anisotropic and bianisotropic media. In using the kDB system, we first transform from the original coordinate systems to the kDB, determine the characteristics of the normal modes, and then transform the results back to the original coordinates.

© 1974 Optical Society of America

Mode dispersion in uniaxial optical waveguides*

W. K. Burns and J. Warner
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(4) 441-446 (1974)

Optical properties of the distorted cholesteric structure*

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J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(9) 1178-1189 (1974)

Optical Properties and Reflectance of Uniaxial Absorbing Crystals*

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Ambiguity function in Fourier optics*

Athanasios Papoulis
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Mutual coherence function and frequency spectrum of a laser beam propagating through atmospheric turbulence

Ronald L. Fante
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