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Light propagation in (2+1)-dimensional electrodynamics: the case of nonlinear constitutive laws

Optics 2026-02-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We scrutinize the geometrical properties of light propagation inside a nonlinear medium modeled by a fully covariant electromagnetic theory in 2+12+1-dimensions. After setting the nonlinear constitutive relations, the phase velocity and the polarization of waves are derived and three special cases are analyzed in details. In spite of the dimensional reduction, our model still presents phenomena like one-way propagation, controlled opacity among others for a large class of dielectric and magneto-electric parameters.

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@article{arxiv.2211.00477,
  title  = {Light propagation in (2+1)-dimensional electrodynamics: the case of nonlinear constitutive laws},
  author = {Eduardo Bittencourt and Elliton O. S. Brandão and Érico Goulart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.00477},
  year   = {2026}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures