Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Quantitative investigation of Fresnel reflection coefficients by polarimetry. |
| Authors: |
Salik, Ertan |
| Superior Title: |
American Journal of Physics; Mar2012, Vol. 80 Issue 3, p216-224, 9p |
| Subject Terms: |
FRESNEL diffraction, POLARIMETRY, COEFFICIENTS (Statistics), DIELECTRIC devices, TEXTBOOKS |
| Abstract: |
The phase shift that occurs upon reflection from a dielectric surface is an interesting yet elusive topic in undergraduate and graduate level optics courses. Many students learn the Fresnel equations, which describe the theory of reflection-induced phase shifts, but there are few experiments which enable direct measurements of these phase shifts. We describe several experiments based on polarimetry to measure the differential phase shifts which occur upon reflection from dielectric-dielectric interfaces. Comparison of the experimental results with the theory given in optics textbooks reveals apparent inconsistencies, which can be resolved by taking into account various conventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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