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    The document summarizes the reflection and transmission of electromagnetic radiation by a slab with parallel faces and refractive index n2, immersed in a medium with refractive index n1. It defines the reflection and transmission coefficients R and T. It derives equations for R and T in terms of the slab thickness d, refractive indices n1 and n2, and wavelength λ. It shows that R and the absorption coefficient α are properties of the slab material, independent of thickness, and that R oscillates with d due to interference from multiple reflections within the slab.

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    The document summarizes the reflection and transmission of electromagnetic radiation by a slab with parallel faces and refractive index n2, immersed in a medium with refractive index n1. It defines the reflection and transmission coefficients R and T. It derives equations for R and T in terms of the slab thickness d, refractive indices n1 and n2, and wavelength λ. It shows that R and the absorption coefficient α are properties of the slab material, independent of thickness, and that R oscillates with d due to interference from multiple reflections within the slab.

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    Part 1 : Nanoparticles

    Module 2 : Reflection and Transmission by Material Media

    Lecture 1 : Reflectance and Transmittance of a slab

    Reflectance and Transmittance of a slab:


    In this module we consider the reflection and transmission of electromagnetic radiation by a slab of
    thickness

    , having smooth parallel faces and refractive index

    medium of refractive index

    . The aim is to elucidate how the reflection and transmission are

    determined by the refractive index


    part

    , such that

    , immersed in a non-absorbing

    of the slab, when

    is complex with real part

    and imaginary

    Fig 2.1: Reflection and transmission by a slab.


    For simplicity, consider normal incidence of a homogeneous plane wave, when the polarization of the
    incident wave is immaterial, as shown in Fig 2.1. In region I, the incident wave is,

    and reflected wave is

    where

    which is real.

    In region III, there is only transmitted wave:

    In region II, inside the slab, one must consider the general solution representing waves which
    propagate in the +z and -z directions:

    where

    which is complex, since

    The field amplitudes are scalar, because reflection and transmission at normal incidence are
    independent of polarization (not true for oblique incidence). The boundary condition (continuity of
    tangential components of the fields and their spatial derivatives at the interface) at the first interface
    (z=0) gives

    (1)

    Or,
    (2)

    where

    The boundary conditions at the second interface (z=d) gives


    (3)

    Or,
    (4)

    Eqns. (1) and (2) give

    (5)

    (6)

    Therefore the so called reflection coefficient is

    where,

    (7)

    Eqns. (3) and (4) give

    so that

    (8)

    Therefore, Eqns. (7) and (8) give

    (9)

    The so called Reflectance of the slab, a real measurable entity, is then

    where,

    (10)
    .

    To simplify (10) further, note that

    (11)

    where,
    , and
    wavelength in free space (vacuum).

    , with

    denoting the

    Also

    (12)

    where,

    (13)

    and
    (14)

    Therefore,

    Note that

    (15)

    (reflectance) and

    (absorption coefficient ) are properties of the slab-material,

    independent of the slab thickness, and

    for

    , as expected. The oscillatory terms make

    oscillatory as a result of interference due to multiple reflections (of the waves inside the slab) at
    the interfaces of the slab.

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