Author： Zeldovich B Ya Tsai C-C
Publisher： IOP Publishing
ISSN： 2040-8986
Source： Journal of Optics, Vol.15, Iss.1, 2013-01, pp. : 14014-14020
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Abstract
The majority of natural sources (black-bodies, fluorescent bulbs, etc) generate completely un-polarized light; the majority of detectors (eyes, photo-cameras, photomultipliers, etc) are polarization-insensitive. To reflect this, we attempt to describe approximately electromagnetic waves without polarization. Corresponding scalar equations are non-trivial modifications of standard d'Alembert and Helmholtz equations to the case of spatially inhomogeneous propagation speed &$v(mathbf{r})=1/sqrt{varepsilon (mathbf{r})mu (mathbf{r})}$;. A description of Fresnel reflection (FR) and Goos-Hänchen shift for total internal reflection phenomena is given on the basis of these modified equations.
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