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View SchemaPositive-, negative-, and orthogonal-phase-velocity propagation of electromagnetic plane waves in a simply moving medium
| Authors | Tom G. Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Sandi Setiawan |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0511249 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511249 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijleo.2006.02.006 |
| Journal | Optik 118, 195-202 (2007) |
Abstract
Planewave propagation in a simply moving, dielectric-magnetic medium that is isotropic in the co-moving reference frame, is classified into three different categories: positive-, negative-, and orthogonal-phase-velocity (PPV, NPV, and OPV). Calculations from the perspective of an observer located in a non-co-moving reference frame show that, whether the nature of planewave propagation is PPV or NPV (or OPV in the case of nondissipative mediums) depends strongly upon the magnitude and direction of that observer's velocity relative to the medium. PPV propagation is characterized by a positive real wavenumber, NPV propagation by a negative real wavenumber. OPV propagation only occurs for nondissipative mediums, but weakly dissipative mediums can support nearly OPV propagation.
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"title": "Positive-, negative-, and orthogonal-phase-velocity propagation of electromagnetic plane waves in a simply moving medium",
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