A Quantum-Mechanical Definition of Refractive Index

15 April 1954

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 94 (2) , 327
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.94.327

Abstract

The refractive index is defined in terms of momentum and energy changes in first-order transitions of a system consisting of the particles of a refractive medium in interaction with the electromagnetic field.

Keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC
TRANSITIONS
MEDIUM
REFRACTIVE INDEX
QUANTUM MECHANICAL DEFINITION
DEFINITION OF REFRACTIVE

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The Čerenkov Effect and the Dielectric Constant
Physical Review B, 1953