Poynting vector, energy density and energy velocity in anomalous dispersion medium

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2001-04-02

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0104005v1

Phys. Rev. A65 (2002) 015802

Physics

General Physics

6 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.65.015802

The Poynting vector, energy density and energy velocity of light pulses propagating in anomalous dispersion medium (used in WKD-like experiments) are calculated. Results show that a negative energy density in the medium propagates along opposite of incident direction with such a velocity similar to the negative group velocity while the direction of the Poynting vector is positive. In other words, one might say that a positive energy density in the medium would propagate along the positive direction with a speed having approximately the absolute valueof the group velocity. We further point out that neither energy velocity nor group velocity is a good concept to describe the propagation process of light pulse inside the medium in WKD experiment owing to the strong accumulation and dissipation effects.

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