By studying the angle relationship between the wave vector and the Poynting
vector of the electro-magnetic field in isotropic or anisotropic media,the method for determining
the dielectric properties and chiral characteristics of photonic crystals by using the dot product between the unit
wave vector and the unit group velocity of
the electromagnetic field has been given. It is pointed out that the
criterion for the critical value of the chiral charac
teristic of photonic crystals can be used to solve the problem of
multi-beam combination. At last,the above conclu
sions are discussed by analytic calculation. The above results have laid a
foundation for further enriching the con
tents of electrodynamics and other related course.