Covariant D and H fields for reflection from a magnetic anisotropic chiral medium
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Vol. 14 (1) , 131-134
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.14.000131
Abstract
Difficulties have previously been noted in the use of the D and H fields in the Maxwell boundary conditions when these are applied to theories of reflection effects involving chiral media. Such difficulties may be avoided by adopting covariant forms of D and H. These are derived in the electric quadrupole–magnetic dipole approximation for a magnetic anisotropic chiral medium exposed to a plane monochromatic electromagnetic wave.Keywords
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