Theory of the radiation pressure on dielectric slabs, prisms and single surfaces

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 11855-11869

  Loudon, Rodney ^a   Barnett, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PRISMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TORQUE;

DIELECTRIC PRISMS; DIELECTRIC SLABS; DIELECTRIC SURFACES; LORENTZ FORCE THEORY;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34548683466     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011855     Document Type: Article

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