Negative refraction and positive refraction are not Lorentz covariant

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2009.10.042zbMATH Open1235.78007arXiv0907.5278OpenAlexW3149688892MaRDI QIDQ763778FDOQ763778

Authors: Tom G. Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia 

Publication date: 2 April 2012

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The refraction of linearly polarized plane waves into a half-space occupied by a material moving at constant velocity was studied by directly implementing the Lorentz transformations of electric and magnetic fields. From the perspective of a co-moving observer, the moving material was a spatially local, pseudochiral omega material. Numerical studies revealed that whether or not negative refraction occurrs in the moving material depends upon the speed of movement as well as the angle of incidence and the polarization state of the incident plane wave. Furthermore, the phenomenons of negative phase velocity and counterposition in the moving material were similarly found not to be Lorentz covariant; both phenomenons were also found to be sensitive to the angle of incidence and the polarization state of the incident plane wave.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.5278

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zbMATH Keywords

moving pseudochiral omega material

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Special relativity (83A05) Physical optics (78A10)

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