Inverse Transformation of s-Reflection Coefficient between Oblique and Normal Incidence

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|w|
arg(w)
r = 0.90 δ = 60.00°
If
w
denotes an interface Fresnel reflection or transmission coefficient for
s
- or
p
-polarized light at an oblique angle of incidence
ϕ
, and z denotes the same coefficient at normal incidence, then it can be shown that w is an analytic function of
z
,
w=f(z)
that depends parametrically on the angle of incidence
ϕ
. The inverse mapping
z=
-1
f
(w)
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between the complex
w
and
z
planes is illustrated here by one of the Fresnel coefficients (for s reflection) at one oblique angle of incidence (45°) and normal incidence. Here
w=|r|exp(jδ)
, where
|r|
and
δ
are the oblique-incidence amplitude reflectance and phase shift.
This figure shows that the orthogonal (polar) set of straight lines and circles through and around the origin in the
w
plane is mapped onto orthogonal sets of curves in the
z
plane.

Details

R. M. A. Azzam, "Transformation of Fresnel's interface reflection and transmission coefficients between normal and oblique incidence," Journal of Optical Society of America, 69(4), 1979 pp. 590-596.

External Links

Ellipsometry (ScienceWorld)
Polarization (ScienceWorld)
Fresnel Coefficients (ScienceWorld)
Conformal Mapping (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Siva Perla
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​"Inverse Transformation of s-Reflection Coefficient between Oblique and Normal Incidence"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/InverseTransformationOfSReflectionCoefficientBetweenObliqueA/​
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​Published: September 28, 2007