title: Generalized radiometry model for the propagation of light within anisotropic and chiral media.
abstract: An exact radiometric model is proposed for the nonparaxial propagation of fully or partially coherent electromagnetic radiation within anisotropic and/or chiral media in terms of rectilinear ray propagation. The definition of the generalized radiance is motivated by a geometric interpretation, based on the plane-wave decomposition of the field in the medium. The new representations are illustrated through two examples, corresponding to the propagation of two-dimensional fields within birefringent and chiral media.
authors.affiliation: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre, 3 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117597, Singapore. jcp@smart.mit.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Petruccelli
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alonso