Professional Documents
Culture Documents
14. Matrix
Matrix treatment
treatment of
of polarization
polarization
This lecture
(Linear) Polarization z
Ex E0 sin(kzt) Ey 0 Ez 0
Bx 0 E Bz 0
By 0 sin(kz t )
c
• This wave is an example of a linearly polarized wave.
– We always define the direction of polarization as the direction of the
oscillation of the Electric field vector (x-direction in this case)
– In general, a linearly polarized wave traveling in the +z direction can be
written as: is constant
E eˆE 0 sin( kz t ) phase
in terms of components:
E x E0 cos sin( kz t ) y
eˆ
E y E 0 sin sin( kz t )
Ez 0
x
질 문
(a) A (b) B
% a
Eo , a b 1
2 2
Jones vector
b
Linearly polarized lights
~ a
Eo If a b 1, it is normalized form.
2 2
b
y y
0 1
Eo Eo
1
x 1 x
y
y
1 1
Eo Eo
0 x
1 x
E x E 0 x s in ( k z t x )
E y E 0 y sin( kz t y )
y
Linear y Circular
Polarization E
Polarization E
x
x
y x 0, y x
2
E oy E oy E ox
tan
E ox (E0x and E0y are ±90° out of phase.)
(LCP)
(RCP)
= 0, or,
(RCP)
(LCP)
Visualization
Light polarized along the fast or slow axis merely travels through at the
appropriate speed → polarization is unchanged.
Light linearly polarized at 45° to the fast or slow axis will acquire a relative phase shift
between these two components → alter the state of polarization.
The phase of the component along the fast axis is /2 out of phase with the
component along the slow axis. E.g.,
Before Ex E0 sin(kz t )
QWP Ey E0 sin(kz t ) Quarter Wave Plate summary:
For example, a QWP converts linearly polarized light , when the light is at an angle
of 45 to the SA of the QWP, to circularly polarized light
A QWP will convert CP light back to LP light , but now rotated by 90