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Plane wave in an anisotropic dielectric

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Electromagnetism Electromagnetic wave Plane electromagnetic wave
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For Di​=εij​Ej​, B=μH, and a plane wave with electric polarization e, the source-free Maxwell equations imply
k×(k×e)+ω2μεe=0.
(1)
If e is an eigenvector of ε, then e⊥k, the dispersion relation is ∣k∣2=ω2μεe​, and the Poynting vector is parallel to k.

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