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Deviation from Snell's Law for Beams Transmitted Near the Critical Angle: Application to Microcavity Lasers

H. E. Tureci, A. D. Stone

physics.opticsarXiv:physics/0109059

Abstract

We show that when a narrow beam is incident upon a dielectric interface near the critical angle for total internal reflection it will be transmitted into the far-field with an angular deflection from the direction predicted by Snell's Law, due to a phenomenon we call "Fresnel Filtering". This effect can be quite large for the parameter range relevant to dielectric microcavity lasers.

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