Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Chirality. 2020 Jun;32(6):765-769. doi: 10.1002/chir.23217. Epub 2020 Mar 11.
Moving from the simple concept that reflection onto a mirror surface changes the handedness of circularly polarized light, we describe what happens to the emergent polarization in two different cases after reflection on a back mirror. In the first case, a regular emitter is taken into account, where reflection has the effect to destroy the emergent polarization. In the second case, we show what could happen when a hypothetical apparently non-reciprocal emitting material undergoes a similar experiment. These simple concepts have important implications in the design of efficient circularly polarized emitting devices.
从镜像反射改变圆偏振光手性的简单概念出发，我们描述了在背面反射后两种不同情况下出射偏振的变化。在第一种情况下，考虑到常规发射器，反射的效果是破坏出射偏振。在第二种情况下，我们展示了当一个假设的非互易发射材料经历类似实验时可能会发生的情况。这些简单的概念在高效圆偏振发射器件的设计中具有重要意义。
