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On the propagation of light in media with higher multipole densities

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  • Adu-Gyamfi, D.
  • Felderhof, B.U.

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The theory of propagation of light through a medium of molecules with induced multipole moments of arbitrary order is studied. Positional and orientational correlations between molecules are neglected. A central result is the generalization of Lorentz's expression for the average local field acting on a molecule to a medium with higher multipole densities of arbitrary spatial variation. This allows one to avoid the Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem in the description of the mutual interference of secondary waves. The theory of optical activity is reformulated with the aid of a local-field tensor.

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  • Adu-Gyamfi, D. & Felderhof, B.U., 1975. "On the propagation of light in media with higher multipole densities," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 81(2), pages 295-310.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:81:y:1975:i:2:p:295-310
    DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(75)90069-2
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