https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2001007
Videopulse bleeding in axially excited chiral sculptured thin films in the Bragg regime
CATMAS – Computational & Theoretical Materials Sciences Group, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-6812, USA
Corresponding author: AXL4@psu.edu
Received:
10
May
2001
Accepted:
24
September
2001
Published online: 15 January 2002
The reflection and transmission of optical videopulses incident axially upon a slab of a chiral sculptured thin film (STF) is studied using a finite-difference simulation in the time domain. Videopulse bleeding is shown to occur when the handedness of the carrier plane wave matches the structural handedness of the chiral STF and the carrier wavelength lies in the Bragg regime.
PACS: 77.55.+f – Dielectric thin films / 78.20.Bh – Theory, models, and numerical simulation / 42.70.-a – Optical materials
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