Energy, momentum, and force in classical electrodynamics: Application to negative-index media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7392, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mansuripur, Masud ^a   Zakharian, Armis R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Science and Technology Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRAHAM MOMENTUM; ARBITRARY FUNCTIONS; CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; CLASSICAL THEORY; CLOSED SYSTEMS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC MOMENTUM; LINEAR MOMENTA; LORENTZ; LORENTZ LAW OF FORCE; MACROSCOPIC EQUATION; MATERIAL MEDIA; NEGATIVE INDEX MEDIA; NEGATIVE-INDEX; PHYSICAL MODEL; SPACE AND TIME; SPECIAL RELATIVITY;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METAMATERIALS; MODELS;

MOMENTUM;

EID: 70350423914     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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