TY - JOUR
AU - Smith, D Y
AB - Interference between free-space and material components of the displacement current plays a key role in determining optical properties. This is illustrated by an analogy between the Lorentz optical model and a-c circuits. Phase shifts in material-polarization currents, which are inertial, relative to the non-inertial vacuum-polarization current cause interference in the total displacement current and, hence, variation in E-M wave propagation. If the displacement-current is reversed, forward propagation is inhibited yielding the semimetallic reflectivity exhibited by intrinsic silicon. Complete cancellation involves material currents offsetting free-space currents to form current-loops that correspond to plasmons.
TI - Inertial and interference effects in optical spectroscopy
JF - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
DO - 10.1088/1757-899X/80/1/012012
DA - 2015-04-20
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/iop-publishing/inertial-and-interference-effects-in-optical-spectroscopy-qgtS0bGrBM
SP - 012012
VL - 80
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -