Abstract
We discuss curvature corrections to Fresnel’s laws for the reflection and transmission of light at a nonplanar refractive-index boundary. The reflection coefficients are obtained from the resonances of a dielectric disk within a sequential-reflection model. The Goos-Hänchen effect for curved light fronts at a planar interface can be adapted to provide a qualitative and quantitative extension of the ray model which explains the observed deviations from Fresnel’s laws.
- Received 23 November 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.045603
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