Barnett, S. M. and Cameron, R. P. (2016) Energy conservation and the constitutive relations in chiral and non-reciprocal media. Journal of Optics, 18(1), 015404. (doi: 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 bi-isotropic 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: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Barnett, Professor Stephen and Cameron, Dr Robert |
| Authors: | Barnett, S. M., and Cameron, R. P. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Optics |
| Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 2040-8978 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2040-8986 |
| Published Online: | 11 December 2015 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Optics 18(1):015404 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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