Polarization-dependent transformation of a paraxial beam upon reflection and refraction: A real-space approach

@article{Bekshaev2012PolarizationdependentTO,
  title={Polarization-dependent transformation of a paraxial beam upon reflection and refraction: A real-space approach},
  author={Aleksandr Bekshaev},
  journal={Physical Review A},
  year={2012},
  volume={85},
  pages={023842}
}
  • A. Bekshaev
  • Published 7 July 2011
  • Physics
  • Physical Review A
We analyze the paraxial beam transformation upon reflection and refraction at a plane boundary. In contrast to the usual approach dealing with the beam angular spectrum, we apply the continuity conditions to explicit spatial representations of the electric and magnetic fields on both sides of the boundary. It is shown that the polarization-dependent distortions of the beam trajectory (in particular, the "longitudinal" Goos-H\"anchen shift and the "lateral" Imbert-Fedorov shift of the beam… 
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