Frequency-Concentration Dependence of Optical Activity of a Non-Ideal 1D-Superlattice

Vladimir V. Rumyantsev, Stanislav A Fedorov

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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2011.212192                

Abstract

In the present work the widths of layers constituting the non-ideal superlattice are much bigger then the characteristic scales of space dispersion. In such a case the contribution of individual layers to gyrotropy can be regarded as independed. Thus the corresponding optical quantities can be expressed through the layers’ gyrotropic characteristics. This approach is applied to calculate the specific rotation angle of plane of polarization of light propagating through a nonideal 1D-superlattice, which varies in composition as well as in layers’ width. We carry out numerical calculation of the frequency dispersion of optical activity of a non-ideal superlattice, which includes impurity layers with point defects.

Keywords

Light Propagation, Non-Ideal 1D-Superlattice, Optical Activity, Exciton Region of the Spectrum

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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