Electromagnetic momentum and radiation pressure derived from the Fresnel relations

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 714-725

  Crenshaw, Michael E ^a  

^a AMSRD AMR WS ST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LIGHT REFLECTION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; RADIATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ELECTROMAGNETIC MOMENTUM; FRESNEL RELATIONS; TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY; WENTZEL KRAMERS BRILLOUIN (WKB);

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 33846492908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000714     Document Type: Article

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