Dressed for Success: A Poynting Vector for Each Season

Paul Kinsler; A. Favaro; M. W. McCall

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2009
(Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
paper WF4_3

Dressed for Success: A Poynting Vector for Each Season

Paul Kinsler, A. Favaro, and M. W. McCall

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2009

Shanghai China
30 August–3 September 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4244-3830-3

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Laser Chemistry I (WF4)

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P. Kinsler, A. Favaro, and M. W. McCall, "Dressed for Success: A Poynting Vector for Each Season," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2009, (Optica Publishing Group, 2009), paper WF4_3.

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Abstract

We consider four distinct electromagnetic flux vectors, each dressed differently by the propagation medium, and derive their continuity equations. Our comparison sheds light on the debate over the “correct” definition of the Poynting vector.

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