Electromagnetic Anisotropy and Bianisotropy (ePub)

The aim of this book is to extend and update the standard treatments of crystal optics found in classical textbooks. It provides a broad overview of electromagnetic anisotropy, bianisotropy, and chirality. The topics covered are constitutive relations (Chapter 1); examples of anisotropy, bianisotropy, and chirality (Chapter 2); spacetime symmetries (Chapter 3); planewave propagation (Chapter 4); dyadic Green functions including depolarization dyadics (Chapter 5); homogenization formalisms (Chapter 6); nonlinear aspects (Chapter 7); surface waves (Chapter 8) and topological insulators (Chapter 9). New additions in this second edition are: Chapters 8 and 9, expanded treatments of active mediums in Chapter 4, and the Huygens principle and the Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem in Chapter 5. This book is perfect for postbaccalaureate students and researchers seeking an introductory survey of the electromagnetic theory of complex mediums.

• Frontispiece
• Prologue
• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms and Principal Symbols
• The Maxwell Postulates and Constitutive Relations
• Linear Mediums
• Spacetime Symmetries and Constitutive Dyadics
• Planewave Propagation
• Dyadic Green Functions
• Homogenization
• Nonlinear Mediums
• Electromagnetic Surface Waves
• Topological Insulators
• Appendix A: Dyadic Notation and Analysis
• Epilogue
• Index
• About the Authors