Emitter near an arbitrary body: Purcell effect, optical theorem and the Wheeler-Feynman absorber

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 113, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1705-1711

  Venkatapathi, Murugesan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Emitter; Optical theorem; Purcell effect; Wheeler Feynman absorber

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY BODY; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; DECAY RATE; DENSITY OF STATE; EMITTER; NONRADIATIVE DECAYS; OPTICAL THEOREM; PURCELL EFFECT; WHEELER-FEYNMAN ABSORBER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMISSION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OPTICAL THEORY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 84861530029     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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