The paraxial theory of spherical refracting surfaces, spherical lenses, and slabs with one birefringent medium is investigated analytically: using walk-off effects in the paraxial domain, a number of relations between objects and images are deduced, along with cardinal elements, in the case where the optic axis is parallel to the optical axis. This method naturally shows that in some cases firs...

The problem of axial propagation circularly polarized light in a birefringent structurally chiral medium is exactly solved via full electromagnetic analysis. Underlying symmetries the system's characteristic matrix reveal interesting insights, which are confirmed by coupled wave theory. For extreme values chirality, reverse circular Bragg resonance arises negative refraction regime where handed...

The paper addresses the space-frequency correlations of electromagnetic waves in general random, bi-anisotropic media whose constitutive tensors are complex Hermitian matrices. The two-frequency Wigner distribution (2f-WD) for polarized waves is introduced to describe the space-frequency correlations and the closed form Wigner-Moyal equation is derived from the Maxwell equations. Two-frequency ...

The paper addresses the space-frequency correlations of electromagnetic waves in general random, bianisotropic media whose constitutive tensors are complex Hermitian matrices. The two-frequency Wigner distribution (2f-WD) for polarized waves is introduced to describe the space-frequency correlations, and the closed form Wigner-Moyal equation is derived from the Maxwell equations. Two-frequency ...

A new technique based on frequency-domain interferometry ( F D I ) ' ~ ~ has been used to measure the group-velocity walkaway (GVW) of ultrashort pulses in birefringent media. As the name implies, this technique is based on the spectral interference of two short pulses in the frequency domain and makes use of the intrinsic phase delay between the fast and slow modes of a birefringent medium. Du...

We propose and demonstrate a global and efficient approach for scalar and vectorial beam shaping based on the interaction of circularly polarized light with a single piece of homogeneous anisotropic medium. The main idea is to mimic the behavior of a two-dimensional inhomogeneous birefringent medium with a radial distribution of its optical axis. This is done by transforming an incident Gaussia...

Vector formalism for stimulated Brillouin scattering amplification in birefringent fibers is used to model the fiber as an equivalent, pseudo-linear, polarization-dependent gain medium. Implications on slow and fast light setups are discussed. ©2009 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (290.5900) Scattering, stimulated Brillouin; (120.5410) Polarimetry; (060.2300) Fiber measurements.