On quantization of the field in dielectrics |
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Authors: | MICHAEL CRENSHAW CHARLES BOWDEN |
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Affiliation: | Weapons Sciences Directorate, AMSAM-RD-WS-ST, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898, USA |
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Abstract: | The precepts behind the macroscopic and microscopic quantizations of the electromagnetic field in a dielectric are discussed. Using the correspondence principle, it is demonstrated that the macroscopic quantization procedure leads to incorrect equations of motion of embedded two-level atoms. The fundamental nature of the Lorentz viewpoint of electrodynamics is discussed. |
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