Interaction between light and matter in a non-absorbing medium

1 Interaction between light and matter in a non-absorbing medium 

Linearly polarized light along y simply involves an interchange of X into y. 

FIGURE 5 Linearly polarized plane wave travelling along the z-direction. A right-handed reference axis system is drawn at the left. 

Note + is drawn with (---) and without (—) Condon-Shortley convention (see 

In a space scheme, goes from x to —y in a quarter of the wavelength 

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