Electromagnetic wave propagation inside a material medium: an effective geometry interpretation

Authors
De Lorenci, VA Souza, MA
Citation
Va. De Lorenci et Ma. Souza, Electromagnetic wave propagation inside a material medium: an effective geometry interpretation, PHYS LETT B, 512(3-4), 2001, pp. 417-422
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
512
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
417 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(20010719)512:3-4<417:EWPIAM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We present a method developed to deal with electromagnetic wave propagation inside a material medium that reacts, in general, nonlinearly to the field strength. We work in the context of Maxwell's representation of light path s for each case presented. The isotropic case and artificial birefringence caused by an external electric field are analyzed as an application of the formalism and the effective geometry associated to the wave propagation is exhibited. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.