We provide analysis to determine the effects of gravitational waves on electromagnetic waves, using perturbation theory in general relativity. Our is performed a completely covariant manner without invoking any coordinates. For given observer, geometrical-optics approximation, we work out perturbations phase, amplitude, frequency and polarization properties--axes ellipse ellipticity light, due ...

A tridimensional pseudo-spectral time domain (3D-PSTD) algorithm, that solves the full-wave Maxwell's equations by using Fourier transforms to calculate the spatial derivatives, has been applied to determine the time characteristics of the propagation of electromagnetic waves in inhomogeneous media. Since the 3D simulation gives access to the full-vector components of the electromagnetic fields...

Conditions for the production of near-circular polarization states of the evanescent field present in the rarer medium in total internal reflection of incident monochromatic p-polarized light at a dielectric-dielectric planar interface are determined. Such conditions are satisfied if high-index (>3.2) transparent prism materials (e.g., GaP and Ge) are used at angles of incidence well above the ...