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In Chap. 7 we have treated only the simplest case: reflection by a uniaxial system which has its optic axis coinciding with the normal to the reflecting surface. It is time to consider the general case, with arbitrary orientation of the optic axis or axes (Lekner 1991). As usual we shall take the reflecting surface to be the \( xy \) plane \( (z = 0) \), and the plane of incidence to be the \( zx \) plane, with the z-axis normal to the crystal face, and directed into it. After the first section the discussion is restricted to uniaxial media.
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Lekner, J. (2016). Uniaxial Anisotropy. In: Theory of Reflection. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 87. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23627-8_8
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