Energy conservation and the constitutive relations in chiral and non-reciprocal media

Barnett, Steve M. and Cameron, Robert P (2015) Energy conservation and the constitutive relations in chiral and non-reciprocal media. Journal of Optics, 18. 015404. ISSN 2040-8978 (https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/18/1/015404)

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Abstract

We consider the possibility that the chirality parameters and the non-reciprocity parameters appearing in the constitutive relations for the displacement and magnetic induction fields in a biisotropic medium might not be equal and thereby shed light on the physical significance of the fact that they are the same. We find, in particular, that they must be equal in order to retain the local conservation of energy.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:73218
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    11 December 2015
    Published
    17 September 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:Stephen M Barnett and Robert P Cameron 2016 J. Opt. 18 015404
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:15 Jul 2020 13:43
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 01:30
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73218
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