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Electromagnetic Formalism of the Propagation and Amplification of Light

Optics 2019-07-16 v1

Abstract

In this work, we present a simplified but comprehensive derivation of all the key concepts and main results concerning light pulse propagation in dielectric media, including a brief extension to the case of active media and laser oscillation. Clarifications of the concepts of slow light and "superluminality" are provided, and a detailed discussion on the concept of transform-limited pulses is also included in the Appendix.

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@article{arxiv.1907.06504,
  title  = {Electromagnetic Formalism of the Propagation and Amplification of Light},
  author = {F. Javier Fraile-Pelaez and Andres Macho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.06504},
  year   = {2019}
}

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60 pages, 23 figures-