Correct denition of the Poynting vector in electrically and magnetically polarizable medium reveals that negative refraction is impossible: Comment

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7322-7324

  Marques R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT REFRACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

MACROSCOPIC CURRENTS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIONS; POLARIZABILITIES; POYNTING VECTORS;

REFRACTION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 66549108729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007322     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. V. A.Markel "Correct denition of the Poynting vector in electrically and magnetically polarizable medium reveals that negative refraction is impossible." Opt. Express. 16, 19152-19168 (2008).
2. J. D.Jackson Classical Electrodynamics Wiley 1999 (3rd Ed.).
3. In some textbooks (e.g. [4]) this equation is formulated only for the entire body, and the surface integral is taken in free space, outide the body. In this case the surface integral formally disappear (however its contribution is still present, due to the in?nite derivatives of M just on the surface of the body). However, when the surface integral is placed inside the body (or just on the surface of the body), this contribution is necessary in order to recover the magnetization.
4. L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz, and L. P. Pitaevskii Electrodynamisc of continuous media. Pergamon, 1984.