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physics.optics2025
Cartesian and spherical multipole expansions in anisotropic media
Elias Le Boudec, Toma Oregel-Chaumont, Farhad Rachidi +2
The multipole expansion can be formulated in spherical and Cartesian coordinates. By constructing an explicit map linking both formulations in isotropic media, we discover a lack o…
physics.optics2024
Does light slowdown in dielectric media?
Vernon Cooray, Gerald Cooray, Farhad Rachidi +1
Observations and theoretical principles suggest that electromagnetic waves, including light, travel more slowly in dielectric media than in vacuum. Maxwell's equations, incorporati…