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- Presents a rigorous development of the classical microscopic Maxwell-Lorentz theory
- Describes detailed development of the dipole radiation field from the Liénard-Wiechert potentials
- Introduces the correlation of the microscopic and macroscopic electromagnetic fields in linear media
- Describes angular spectrum representation of pulsed radiation fields in linear, temporally dispersive media
- Provides exercises and numerous appendices on mathematical tools and techniques
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 224)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
In two volumes, this book presents a detailed, systematic treatment of electromagnetics with application to the propagation of transient electromagnetic fields (including ultrawideband signals and ultrashort pulses) in dispersive absorptive media. This expanded, updated, and reorganized new edition presents a rigorous development of both time- and frequency-domain electromagnetics, from classical theory to current topics in applied research on temporally pulsed wave fields in dielectric, conducting, and semiconducting materials. With meaningful exercises throughout, it is suitable as a graduate textbook in electromagnetic wave theory and will be of use to researchers as a resource on electromagnetic radiation and wave propagation theory with applications to radar, imaging, communications, and safety issues.
Volume 1 develops the fundamental Maxwell-Lorentz theory of microscopic electromagnetics and its relationship to macroscopic electromagnetics in complex media with particularemphasis given to temporally dispersive materials, supplemented with several appendices on mathematical methods. The second edition includes new material on conjugate electromagnetic fields, time-reversal invariance, the four-potential and Lorentz invariance, anisotropic and spatially dispersive media, double-negative metamaterials, and generalized Fresnel reflection and refraction coefficients for complex media. The relationship between both the mathematical and physical interpretation of classical electromagnetic field theory with the special theory of relativity is emphasized throughout the volume.
Volume 2 covers temporal pulse dynamics in dispersive attenuative media, with asymptotic analysis at the forefront.
Authors and Affiliations
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College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA
Kurt E. Oughstun
About the author
Kurt Oughstun is a Professor of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science in the College of Engineering & Mathematics at the University of Vermont where he was University Scholar in the Basic and Applied Sciences. A graduate of The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, he is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, a member of the European Optical Society and a member of the United States National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science. His research centers on electromagnetic and optical wave theory, asymptotic methods of analysis, and computational techniques. He has published extensively on his research in these areas in such journals as the Journal of the Optical Society of America A & B, Journal of the European Optical Society A, Physical Review A & E, Physical Review Letters, IEEE Proceedings, and Radio Science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation
Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Spectral Representations in Temporally Dispersive Media
Authors: Kurt E. Oughstun
Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20835-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20834-9Published: 30 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20837-0Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-20835-6Published: 17 July 2019
Series ISSN: 0342-4111
Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXVI, 737
Number of Illustrations: 105 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical Electrodynamics, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Mathematical Methods in Physics