Radiation pressure and the linear momentum of the electromagnetic field

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5375-5401

  Mansuripur, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); LOADS (FORCES); PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TENSORS;

LINEAR MOMENTUM; MATERIAL FLOW; MOMENTUM DENSITY; RADIATION PRESSURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 10444253979     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005375     Document Type: Article

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