
10.4 Diffraction of Plane Waves in Anisotropic Media 645
Substitution of (10.76), (10.90), (10.91), and (10.92) into (10.80) gives the
intensity distribution
I =
I
0
0
z
02
µ
sin Θ
0
Θ
0
¶
2
µ
sin Φ
0
Φ
0
¶
2
, (10.93)
where I
0
0
/z
02
is the intensity on the axis, and
Θ
0
= k
0
a sin θ
0
n
4
e
cos
2
α + n
4
o
sin
2
α
n
o
n
e
q
n
2
e
cos
2
α + n
2
o
sin
2
α
, (10.94)
Φ
0
= k
0
a sin φ
0
n
e
n
o
s
n
4
e
cos
2
α + n
4
o
sin
2
α
n
2
e
cos
2
α + n
2
o
sin
2
α
. (10.95)
In obtaining (10.93)–(10.95) we have replaced tan θ
0
and tan φ
0
with sin θ
0
and sin φ
0
, respectively. The intensity distribution oscillates with increasing
diffraction angle, and the maxima gradually diminish. The principal maxi-
mum is on the beam axis. Where the value of Θ
0
or Φ
0
is ±π, ±2π, ±3π ···,
the intensity is zero corresponding to the dark stripe. The ratio of diffraction
angles that correspond to the dark stripes in the x
0
and y
0
directions is
sin θ
0
sin φ
0
=
n
2
e
q
n
4
e
cos
2
α + n
4
o
sin
2
α
. (10.96)
If n
e
is different from n
o
by a large quantity, and α is not very small, the
difference between diffraction angles in the two directions is obvious.
10.4.2 Fraunhofer Diffraction at Circular Apertures
In Fig. 10.17 is shown a plane wave incident on a circular aperture located
on the surface of a uniaxial crystal. Line oo
0
is the axial of the aperture, and
the angle between oo
0
and the z axis is α.
According to the coordinate transformations represented by (10.73) and
(10.77), in the ξηζ co ordinate system, the circular aperture becomes an el-
liptic one whose major and minor axes are given by (10.76). In the ξηζ
coordinate system the amplitude distribution of the diffracted field is
ψ =
C
r
0
ZZ
exp
µ
jk
0
ξξ
0
+ ηη
0
r
0
¶
dξ
0
dη
0
, (10.97)
where C is a constant, r
0
is the distance from the coordinate origin to the
observation point. The integrating region is the ellipse mentioned above. To
finish this integral, it is necessary to transform the elliptic integrating region
to a circular one, and the transforming relations are
ξ
0
= a
q
n
2
e
cos
2
α + n
2
o
sin
2
α ξ
0
0
, η
0
= an
e
η
0
0
. (10.98)