Electromagnetic Anisotropy And Bianisotropy: A Field Guide (Second Edition)

by Tom G Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Overview

The aim of this book is to extend and update the standard treatments of crystal optics found in classical textbooks. It provides a broad overview of electromagnetic anisotropy, bianisotropy, and chirality. The topics covered are constitutive relations (Chapter 1); examples of anisotropy, bianisotropy, and chirality (Chapter 2); spacetime symmetries (Chapter 3); planewave propagation (Chapter 4); dyadic Green functions including depolarization dyadics (Chapter 5); homogenization formalisms (Chapter 6); nonlinear aspects (Chapter 7); surface waves (Chapter 8) and topological insulators (Chapter 9). New additions in this second edition are: Chapters 8 and 9, expanded treatments of active mediums in Chapter 4, and the Huygens principle and the Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem in Chapter 5. This book is perfect for postbaccalaureate students and researchers seeking an introductory survey of the electromagnetic theory of complex mediums.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811203138
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/03/2019
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

Table of Contents

Frontispiece; Prologue; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Principal Symbols; The Maxwell Postulates and Constitutive Relations; Linear Mediums; Spacetime Symmetries and Constitutive Dyadics; Planewave Propagation; Dyadic Green Functions; Homogenization; Nonlinear Mediums; Electromagnetic Surface Waves; Topological Insulators; Appendix A: Dyadic Notation and Analysis; Epilogue; Index; About the Authors