plane of incidence


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plane of in·ci·dence

the plane perpendicular to a lens surface that contains the incident light ray.
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polarized at right angles to the plane of incidence and strike the bounding surface at the angle of polarization" [5, [section] 37].
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For example in the x-z plane of incidence, the reflection coefficient for the TM (Transverse Magnetic) or p-polarization is
Dipole radiation near anisotropic low-permittivity media
Let the Cartesian coordinate system be chosen such that z axis coincides with the axis of spheroid, z be equal to 0 in its center, and the plane of incidence coincides with the plane y = 0.
The currents induced by a high-frequency wave incident at a small angle to the axis of strongly elongated spheroid
H], the component of beam w transverse magnetic polarized (TM)--its magnetic field is perpendicular to the plane of incidence.
Classifying anisotropic materials by the property to split TE polarized waves from TM polarized waves
When the scratch is oriented horizontally, the reflections from the scratch contours are rotated off the plane of incidence and are absent in the measurement at all angles (Fig.
Scratch visibility of polymers measured using optical imaging
Because SE measures the phase shift between light that is polarized parallel and perpendicular to the plane of incidence, it can be used to measure retardance when the ellipsometer and sample are correctly oriented.
How to Measure Optical Retardance
For reflection, the incident light wave is resolved into components in the plane of incidence and normal to the plane of incidence (the plane of the surface).
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Here, parallel polarization means that vector E is parallel to the plane of incidence.
NEW DIELECTRIC BEAD FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE COAXIAL COMPONENTS
When the linearly polarized light interacts with the optical surface, there is a shift in phases of both the components parallel and perpendicular to the plane of incidence.
Fixed polarizer ellipsometry for simple and sensitive detection of thin films generated by specific molecular interactions: applications in immunoassays and DNA sequence detection
The electric vector of the incident light is parallel to the plane of incidence for p-polarized light.
The influence of light beam convergence on the stop-bands of a one-dimensional photonic crystal
These quantities are related to the ratio of the Fresnel reflection coefficients for the light polarized parallel and perpendicular to the plane of incidence.
Ellipsometry Characterizes Nondestructively
However, mode PT, which is polarized perpendicularly to the plane of incidence, cannot be excited by mode conversion.
Ultrasonic determination of mechanical moduli of oriented semicrystalline polymers

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