Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Not Exactly A Fluorescence Polarizer

\(tan (\theta)\) has a Cauchy distribution,

\(f(x)=\cfrac{1}{\pi(1+x^2)}\)

for \(-\cfrac{\pi}{2}\lt\theta\lt\cfrac{\pi}{2}\)

then \(\sqrt{|tan(\theta)|}\) has a distribution

\(f(x)=\cfrac{1}{\pi(1+x^4)}|2x|\)

for \(-\cfrac{\pi}{2}\lt\theta\lt\cfrac{\pi}{2}\)  in blue below.


These set of peaks for the probability density of \(\sqrt{tan(\theta)}\) are not at \(\cfrac{\pi}{2}\) apart but \(\cfrac{2}{\sqrt[4]{3}}\) apart.

\(\cfrac{2}{\sqrt[4]{3}}=1.5197\,\, \small{rad}=87.071^o\ne90^o\)

From,

\(\cfrac{E_{p\,v}}{\hbar}=\left\{1-\sqrt{tan(\theta_v)}\right\}\cfrac{c}{x_v}\)

The probability density of \(1-\sqrt{tan(\theta_v)}\) has been right shifted by \(1\).  The peak intensity of \(E_p\) occurs not at \(\theta=0\,\,\small{rad}\) but at \(\theta=1\,\, \small{rad}=57.296^o\).

\(a=\cfrac{c}{x_v}\)

is assumed constant.

Note:  Also,

\(\cfrac{E_{p\,v}}{\hbar}=\left\{\sqrt{tan(\theta_v)}-1\right\}\cfrac{c}{x_v}\)

in which case two peaks occurs centered about \(\theta=-1\,\, \small{rad}\),  \(\theta=1.5197\,\, \small{rad}\) apart.  A notch occurs at \(\theta=-1\,\, \small{rad}\).