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The effect of gyrotropy on optical response of dielectric polygonal chiral thin film was reported using transfer matrix method. The influence of gyrotropy was studied on selective transmission and reflection spectra for polygonal chiral thin films at different void volume fractions and oblique incident angles of light. The results revealed that the Bragg regimes and outside Bragg regimes of polygonal chiral thin films were affected by high induced gyrotropy.
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This work was carried out with the support of the University of Qom. The author thanks the reviewers for good comments.
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Babaei, F. Optical properties of gyrotropic polygonal chiral thin films. Opt Quant Electron 51, 363 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-019-2089-0
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