Canonical quantization of macroscopic electromagnetism

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/123008MaRDI QIDQ5135183zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas G. Philbin

Publication date 19 November 2020

Published in New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5005

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Electro- and magnetostatics (78A30) Canonical quantization (81S08)

Abstract: Application of the standard canonical quantization rules of quantum field theory to macroscopic electromagnetism has encountered obstacles due to material dispersion and absorption. This has led to a phenomenological approach to macroscopic quantum electrodynamics where no canonical formulation is attempted. In this paper macroscopic electromagnetism is canonically quantized. The results apply to any linear, inhomogeneous, magnetodielectric medium with dielectric functions that obey the Kramers-Kronig relations. The prescriptions of the phenomenological approach are derived from the canonical theory.

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