Constitutive equations describing optical activity in theory of dispersion

FRANTA, Daniel and Jiří VOHÁNKA. Constitutive equations describing optical activity in theory of dispersion. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. Optical Society of America, 2021, vol. 38, No 2, p. 553-561. ISSN 0740-3224. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.410315.

Basic information

• Original name: Constitutive equations describing optical activity in theory of dispersion
• Authors: FRANTA, Daniel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jiří VOHÁNKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Optical Society of America, 2021, 0740-3224.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10306 Optics
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.058
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/21:00121528
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.410315
• UT WoS: 000624917600034
• Keywords in English: Dispersion Theory; Optical Activity; Constitutive equation
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Landau and Condon formalisms, which are two formalisms used for modeling the dielectric response of materials exhibiting optical activity, are compared. It is shown that the true equivalence between these two formalisms can be established only for isotropic materials. The arguments presented in this work show that from the physical point of view, Landau formalism is preferable since it allows more general dependence on the wave vector, it is easy to ensure conformity with the sum rules and other requirements, and it could be used to model inhomogeneous waves.

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