Multipole solution for the macroscopic electromagnetic boundary conditions at a vacuum-dielectric interface

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 456, Issue 1997, 2000, Pages 1193-1215

  Graham, E B ^a   Raab, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Constitutive relations; Surface multipoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746272744     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0559     Document Type: Article

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