Correct definition of the poynting vector in electrically and magnetically polarizable medium reveals that negative refraction is impossible

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 19152-19168

  Markel, Vadim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT REFRACTION; POLARIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

FIRST PRINCIPLES; MAGNETIC MEDIA; NEGATIVE REFRACTIONS; PER UNIT VOLUME; POLARIZABLE MEDIA; POYNTING VECTORS; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISPERSION;

REFRACTION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 56249124269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019152     Document Type: Article

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