Version 1
: Received: 1 October 2022 / Approved: 3 October 2022 / Online: 3 October 2022 (12:39:04 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 15 December 2022 / Approved: 16 December 2022 / Online: 16 December 2022 (08:12:28 CET)
How to cite:
Lee, H. Spin-Orbital Coupling and Conservation Laws in Electromagnetic Waves Propagating through Chiral Media. Preprints2022, 2022100010. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0010.v1
Lee, H. Spin-Orbital Coupling and Conservation Laws in Electromagnetic Waves Propagating through Chiral Media. Preprints 2022, 2022100010. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0010.v1
Lee, H. Spin-Orbital Coupling and Conservation Laws in Electromagnetic Waves Propagating through Chiral Media. Preprints2022, 2022100010. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0010.v1
APA Style
Lee, H. (2022). Spin-Orbital Coupling and Conservation Laws in Electromagnetic Waves Propagating through Chiral Media. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0010.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Lee, H. 2022 "Spin-Orbital Coupling and Conservation Laws in Electromagnetic Waves Propagating through Chiral Media" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0010.v1
Abstract
We examine here characteristics of electromagnetic waves that propagate through an unbounded space filled with a homogeneous isotropic chiral medium. Resulting characters are compared to those of the electromagnetic waves propagating through an achiral free space. To this goal, we form energy conservation laws for key bilinear parameters in a chiral case. Due to a nonzero medium chirality, conservation laws turn out to contain extra terms that are linked to the spin-orbit coupling, which is absent for an achiral case. As an example, we take a plane wave for achiral case to evaluate those bilinear parameters. Resultantly, the conservation laws for a chiral case are found to reveal inconsistencies among them, thereby prompting us to establish partial remedies for formulating proper wave-propagation problems.
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