MANIFESTLY COVARIANT FORMALISM FOR ELECTROMAGNETISM IN CHIRAL MEDIA

Authors
HILLION P
Citation
P. Hillion, MANIFESTLY COVARIANT FORMALISM FOR ELECTROMAGNETISM IN CHIRAL MEDIA, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 47(2), 1993, pp. 1365-1374
Citations number
12
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1365 - 1374
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1993)47:2<1365:MCFFEI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A formalism of electromagnetism covariant under the complex rotation g roup is first described and then discussed thoroughly, in the case of two-dimensional electromagnetic fields, in homogeneous, isotropic chir al media. As a result, we obtain the generalized Descartes-Snell laws, the Fresnel relations for reflection and refraction, as well as the B rewster condition for plane waves incident on a surface of discontinui ty between chiral and achiral media.