Eur. Phys. J. B 71, 401-406 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2009-00204-6

Investigation of light reflection at Brewster angles from a nonlinear optical film on a magnetoelectric substrate

¹ Donetsk Physical and Technical Institute of NAS of Ukraine, 83114 Donetsk, Ukraine
² Department of Physics, Donetsk National University, 83001 Donetsk, Ukraine
³ Quantum Photonic Science Research Center (q-Psi) and Department of Physics, Hanyang University, 133-791 Seoul, Korea
⁴ Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 ED Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Corresponding author: ^a yulidad@kinetic.ac.donetsk.ua

Received: 3 March 2009
Revised: 15 April 2009
Published online: 16 June 2009

Abstract

We investigate the light reflection from a nonlinear optical dielectric film on a bigyrotropic magneto-electric substrate magnetized parallel to the interface. The reflection matrix has been obtained and reflection coefficients are investigated with respect to the incidence angle for both polarizations of the incident light. We analyzed the optical nonlinearity and the magnetoelectric coupling contributions to the reflection of the electromagnetic waves and the appearance of so-called pseudo-Brewster angles.