Reflection and refraction of light at the interface of a uniaxial bicrystal

¹ Department of Physics, Shanghai University - Shanghai 200444, PRC
² State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Shanghai 201800, PRC
³ Department of Communication Engineering, Shanghai University Shanghai 200072, PRC

Corresponding authors: yanwang@staff.shu.edu.cn xjzha@siom.ac.cn jkyan@mail.shu.edu.cn

Received: 15 September 2005
Accepted: 6 October 2005

Abstract

This paper deals with a theoretical analysis of the reflection and refraction of light at the interface of a bicrystal by use of Maxwell's equations. For a general case, the formulas of Snell's Law and the four Fresnel coefficients for the reflection and refraction of extraordinary light at the interface of a uniaxial bicrystal are derived for the first time, as well as the Brewster angle value. The condition for total reflection is presented and the electromagnetic fields distributions at both sides of a bicrystal are presented when total reflection occurs.