Single-polarization two-dimensional photon density of states
ID: single-polarization-two-dimensional-photon-density-of-states
For an area with periodic in-plane boundary conditions, one polarization contributes normal modes of the electromagnetic field. For linear dispersion relation and effective physical volume , this gives the density of states in the title. No extra factor two for polarization is allowed. Opposite in-plane directions are already counted in the full circle of wavevectors.
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