<p><p>This book deals with the reflection of electromagnetic and particle waves by interfaces. The interfaces can be sharp or diffuse. The topics of the book contain absorption, inverse problems, anisotropy, pulses and finite beams, rough surfaces, matrix methods, numerical methods, reflection of pa
Theory of Reflection of Electromagnetic and Particle Waves
β Scribed by John Lekner (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 281
- Series
- Developments in Electromagnetic Theory and Applications 3
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book is written for scientists and engineers whose work involves wave reflecΒ tion or transmission. Most of the book is written in the language of electromagnetic theory, but, as the title suggests, many of the results can be applied to particle waves, specifically to those satisfying the Schr6dinger equation. The mathematical connection between electromagnetic s (or TE) waves and quantum particle waves is established in Chapter 1. The main results for s waves are translated into quantum mechanical language in the Appendix. There is also a close analogy between acoustic waves and electromagnetic p (or TM) waves, as shown in Section 1-4. Thus the book, though primarily intended for those working in optics, microwaves and radio, will be of use to physicists, chemists and electrical engineers studying reflection and transmission of particles at potential barriers. The techΒ niques developed here can also be used by those working in acoustics, oceanΒ ography and seismology. Chapter 1 is recommended for all readers: it introduces reflection phenomena, defines the notation, and previews (in Section 1-6) the contents of the rest of the book. This preview will not be duplicated here. We note only that applied topics do appear: two examples are the important phenomenon of attenuated total reflection in Chapter 8, and the reflectivity of multilayer dielectric mirrors in Chapter 12. The subject matter is restricted to linear classical electrodynamics in non-magnetic media, and the corresponding particle analogues.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introducing reflection....Pages 1-32
Exact results....Pages 33-60
Reflection of long waves....Pages 61-76
Variational theory....Pages 77-92
Equations for the reflection amplitudes....Pages 93-107
Reflection of short waves....Pages 109-139
Anisotropy....Pages 141-153
Absorption....Pages 155-178
Inverse problems....Pages 179-189
Pulses, finite beams....Pages 191-203
Rough surfaces....Pages 205-219
Matrix methods....Pages 221-240
Numerical methods....Pages 241-248
Back Matter....Pages 249-279
β¦ Subjects
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics;Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices
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