McCall M.W., Hodgkinson I.J., Wu Q. Birefringent Thin Films and Polarizing Elements

London: Imperial College Press, 2015.– xxxvi + 431 p.Birefringent Thin Films and Polarizing Elements (2nd Edition) includes the significant advances that have been made since the first book on tilted-columnar films was published. The major discovery of serial bideposition has led to a normal-columnar nanostructure with enhanced birefringence and in turn to nanoengineered handed films with properties matching the left-circular reflectors of scarab beetles. A second version of the MatLAB software that accompanies the book includes algorithms for computing material, electromagnetic and optical properties of isotropic, birefringent and chiral films. A set of numerical and experimental examples chosen to illustrate and generate interest in these new fields will be of interest to graduate students and to researchers in optics.Propagation in Biaxial Media
Propagation Equations
Basis Vectors
Transfer Matrices
Reflection and Transmission
Guided Waves
Characterization of Anisotropic Films
Deposition of Basic Nanostructures
Form Birefringence
Handed Media
Continuum Methods
Effective Media
Fluid Transport
Metal Films
Coating Architectures
Appendix A PS Sampler
Appendix B Birefringent Thin Films Toolbox