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›› 2016, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 347-353.DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2016.03.010

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Discrimination of TE/TM polarization mode in transmission systems

DONG Guoyan, SHI Yishi, WANG Yali   

  1. College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,China
  • Received:2015-09-23 Revised:2016-02-25 Online:2016-05-15

Abstract:

In the studies of optical transmission characteristics of electromagnetic wave, TE/TM modes are often used to describe the polarization mode of electromagnetic wave. However, the definitions of TE/TM polarization are different in different transmission systems and are often mixed with s/p states, inducing some confusing concepts and contradictory results. Based on electromagnetic theory,we deeply derive and analyze the possible polarization modes in different transmission systems, explain the existent reasons and possible states of TE/TM polarization modes, compare the possible states with s/p states to illustrate the differences, and resolve the confusing polarization problems one by one. This work will sweep away the obstacles for future researches of electromagnetic fields.

Key words: physical optics, polarization mode, TE/TM mode, s/p state

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