Ellipticity angle

Figure I. An elliptic flaw in an infinite, isotropic, and elastic medium subjected to uniform biaxial stresses St and SThe major axis of the ellipse is a, minor axis b, ellipticity R = b/a, and orientation angle with respect to St is ft.

Due to the difference between the absorption coefficients a+(i/) and a (v), we have an ellipticity angle for initially plane-polarised radiation Due to the difference between the refractive indices +(v) and (v), we have a rotation angle of plane-polarised radiation ... 

The basic measurements in ellipsometry involve measuring the reflection coefficients for parallel R, and perpendicularly polarized light Rj (sometimes called. V- and p-polarizcd light, respectively). The ratio of these values, which is a complex number, gives the elliptical angle and the phase shift A according to... 

The positive sign is used for right-handed circular polarization while the negative sign is used for left-handed circular polarization. The ellipticity angle v is defined by... 

Therefore /i = 2t/. If we know the azimuthal angle cp and the ellipticity angle v of the polarization ellipse, the Stokes vector is... 

Passing through a quarter wave plate, the elliptically polarised light may be converted to plane polarised light rotated through half the ellipticity angle. This angle can be very accurately determined... 

In ellipsometry monochromatic light such as from a He-Ne laser, is passed through a polarizer, rotated by passing through a compensator before it impinges on the interface to be studied [142]. The reflected beam will be elliptically polarized and is measured by a polarization analyzer. In null ellipsometry, the polarizer, compensator, and analyzer are rotated to produce maximum extinction. The phase shift between the parallel and perpendicular components A and the ratio of the amplitudes of these components, tan are related to the polarizer and analyzer angles p and a, respectively. The changes in A and when a film is present can be related in an implicit form to the complex index of refraction and thickness of the film. 

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Racemization constitutes a special case of opposing first-order reactions. The equilibrium constant is unity, and the opposing rate constants are equal to one another. Racemization can be followed by polarimetry (monitoring the angle of optical rotation) or by circular dichroism (monitoring the ellipticity). The kinetic analysis can be done by either Eq. (3-15) or (3-16). The rate constant for racemization is krac = ke/2. 

As discussed above, the reflection of linearly polarized light from a surface generally produces elliptically polarized light, because the parallel and perpendicular components are reflected with different efficiencies and different phase shifts. These changes in intensity and phase angle can be analyzed to characterize the reflecting system. This approach is called ellipsometry. 

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