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Kiyoaki Tanaka¹, Yasuyuki Takenaka, Shiro Funahashi

¹Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. tanaka.kiyoaki@nitech.ac.jp

Acta Crystallographica. Section A, Foundations of Crystallography

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Area of Science:

Physics
Optics
Crystallography

Background:

Calculating the polarization factor of diffracted beams is crucial in understanding light-matter interactions.
Existing methods can be complex and computationally intensive, especially for multiple diffraction events.

Purpose of the Study:

To formulate a general expression for the polarization factor of multi-diffracted beams.
To develop a simplified and universally applicable method for polarization factor calculation.

Main Methods:

A Cartesian coordinate system is established with the diffracted beam direction as the y-axis for each diffraction process.
The polarization factor is calculated by sequentially applying this coordinate system transformation for each diffraction event.

Main Results:

A general expression for the polarization factor of multi-diffracted beams is derived.
The method is independent of the number of diffraction processes involved.
The approach is applicable to both polarized and unpolarized incident beams.

Conclusions:

The developed method offers a straightforward and versatile approach to calculating polarization factors in multi-diffraction scenarios.
This technique can be applied to complex phenomena like multiple diffraction and extinction involving more than three scattering events.