Negative- and positive-phase-velocity propagation in an isotropic chiral medium moving at constant velocity
Optics
2007-09-24 v1
Abstract
Analysis of electromagnetic planewave propagation in a medium which is a spatiotemporally homogeneous, temporally nonlocal, isotropic, chiral medium in a co-moving frame of reference shows that the medium is both spatially and temporally nonlocal with respect to all non-co-moving inertial frames of reference. Using the Lorentz transformations of electric and magnetic fields, we show that plane waves which have positive phase velocity in the co-moving frame of reference can have negative phase velocity in certain non-co-moving frames of reference. Similarly, plane waves which have negative phase velocity in the co-moving frame can have positive phase velocity in certain non-co-moving frames.
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@article{arxiv.0704.1126,
title = {Negative- and positive-phase-velocity propagation in an isotropic chiral medium moving at constant velocity},
author = {Tom G. Mackay and Akhlesh Lakhtakia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1126},
year = {2007}
}