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Oblique transmission of light through a planar layer of a chiral photonic crystal is considered. The problem is solved by the Ambartsumian layer addition method. The peculiarities of spectra of the polarization-plane rotation and the polarization ellipticity, as well as the features of proper polarizations are studied in the presence of dielectric boundaries.
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Original Russian Text © M.Z.Harutyunyan, A.H. Gevorgyan, S.A. Mkhitaryan, 2007, published in Izvestiya NAN Armenii, Fizika, 2007, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 412–420.
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Harutyunyan, M.Z., Gevorgyan, A.H. & Mkhitaryan, S.A. Influence of dielectric boundaries, angle of incidence, and polarization of light on the optical properties of chiral photonic crystals. J. Contemp. Phys. 42, 271–276 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337207060138
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