Optically Anisotropic Media
Abstract
Optical anisotropy, also known as birefringence, is the reason for various optical phenomena and the related applications. VirtualLab Fusion provides a fast and rigorous field tracing analysis algorithm which applies an S-matrix solver and works in the k-domain.
In this tutorial, the basic configuration of an anisotropic medium is introduced.
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