Recent content by rek

The use of the term ω→0 is a bit of a misnomer in some of the books, as it isn't when ω=0; what I believe they mean is a general 'low frequency region' where Drude's model holds, which is what Jackson talks about in that section. The question is whether the frequency I'm working at (infrared)...

Shouldn't it be possible to just treat the electromagnetic wave as a heat source? The issue is only trying to decide what equation determines how that heat is produced, which is what equations 5, 6&7, or 9 try to describe: Ohmic Conduction and dielectric heating. Dielectric heating is most...

There's a typo in eq. 4b, it should be: (4b) -\nabla\cdot\textbf{S}=\left(\nabla\times\textbf{E}\right)\cdot\textbf{H}-\textbf{E}\cdot\left(\nabla\times\textbf{H}\right) So, what if I input eq.2 into 4b, instead of eq.3? Then I get: (9) \left\langle -\nabla\cdot\textbf{S} \right\rangle =...

I am trying to figure out how I would go about finding the steady-state temperature distribution in an absorbing medium using the steady-state heat conduction equation: (1) -\nabla\cdot\left(K\nabla T\right) = q_{gen} where T is the material's temperature, K is the material's thermal...