QUANTUM-THEORY OF A DIELECTRIC-VACUUM INTERFACE IN ONE-DIMENSION

Authors
BARNETT SM MATLOOB R LOUDON R
Citation
Sm. Barnett et al., QUANTUM-THEORY OF A DIELECTRIC-VACUUM INTERFACE IN ONE-DIMENSION, J. mod. opt., 42(6), 1995, pp. 1165-1169
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
J. mod. opt. → ACNP
ISSN journal
09500340
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1165 - 1169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(1995)42:6<1165:QOADII>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We show that a microscopic derivation of the electromagnetic field in a bulk dielectric, together with boundary conditions on the electric a nd magnetic fields, lead to a canonical quantum theory of a light at a dielectric-vacuum interface.