On the group front and group velocity in a dispersive medium upon refraction from a nondispersive medium

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 244-249

  Zhang, Z M ^a   Park, Keunhan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Heat transfer; Microscale; Nanoscale; Radiation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFRONTS;

DISPERSIVE MEDIUM; MODULATED WAVES; NEGATIVE-INDEX MATERIALS (NIM);

HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 2342578814     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1668035     Document Type: Article

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