Manifestly covariant formalism for electromagnetism in chiral media
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 47 (2) , 1365-1374
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.47.1365
Abstract
A formalism of electromagnetism covariant under the complex rotation group is first described and then discussed thoroughly, in the case of two-dimensional electromagnetic fields, in homogeneous, isotropic chiral media. As a result, we obtain the generalized Descartes-Snell laws, the Fresnel relations for reflection and refraction, as well as the Brewster condition for plane waves incident on a surface of discontinuity between chiral and achiral media.Keywords
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