Selective optical properties of a multilayered periodic gyrotropic structure at an arbitrary angle of incidence of waves

Abstract

A multilayered periodic gyrotropic structure consisting of an arbitrary number of unit cells is considered. The gyrotropic properties of this multilayered structure are due to the external magnetic field. A matrix is calculated on the basis of the boundary conditions for waves in each layer, which relates a wave incident at an arbitrary angle with the transmitted and reflected waves. The complex amplitude transmittance and reflectance are found for the entire multilayered structure from the calculated matrix elements. The optimal parameters of a structure consisting of layers of potassium dihydrogen phosphate and europium-doped glass are calculated. The dependences of the intensity, ellipticity, and the angle of rotation of the major axis of the polarization ellipse of reflected and transmitted waves on the number of cells, light frequency, and magnetic field at an arbitrary angle of incidence of waves are obtained in graphical form. The structure considered is characterized by selective reflection of electromagnetic waves and can be used as a polarization converter controlled by a magnetic field.