Magnetoelectric birefringence revisited

Journal Article · Fri Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.78.045015· OSTI ID:21250546

De Lorenci, V A; Goulart, G P ^[1]

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1. Institute of Science, Federal University of Itajuba, 37500-903 Itajuba, M. G. (Brazil) and PH Department, TH Unit, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)

Electromagnetic wave propagation inside isotropic material media characterized by dielectric coefficients {epsilon}{sub {mu}}{sub {nu}}(E,B) and {mu}{sub {mu}}{sub {nu}}(E,B) is examined. The regime of the eikonal approximation is considered. The Hadamard method of field disturbances is used and the dispersion relations are obtained by solving the Fresnel equation. Some applications of the formalism are presented. Particularly, birefringence phenomena induced by applied external fields are derived and discussed. It is shown that the magnetoelectric birefringence effect can occur even without the presence of Kerr and Cotton-Mouton effects, provided the physical system satisfies certain conditions.

• OSTI ID: 21250546
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 78; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BIREFRINGENCE
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
DISPERSION RELATIONS
DISTURBANCES
EIKONAL APPROXIMATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EQUATIONS
KERR EFFECT
SIMULATION
VOIGT EFFECT
WAVE PROPAGATION