Energy flow and forces in multi-layer dielectric structures

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Date
2010-12Author
Frias, Winston Enrique
Type
ThesisDegree Level
MastersAbstract
The propagation of electromagnetic waves through media with dispersive dielectric permittivity. It is shown that under resonant conditions the energy velocity is always subluminal. The energy velocity is different from the group velocity and the delay velocity. The momentum conservation equation with the Lorentz force is derived from macroscopic and microscopic analysis. The relations of the forces on the dielectric with momentum and pseudomomentum of the electromagnetic field are clarified.
Degree
Master of Science (M.Sc.)Department
Physics and Engineering PhysicsProgram
Physics and Engineering PhysicsSupervisor
Smolyakov, Andrei ICopyright Date
December 2010Subject
Electromagnetism
Superluminality
Forces on dielectrics