TY - JOUR
T1 - Comment on "Rigorous solution for transient propagation of electromagnetic waves through a medium
T2 - Causality plus diffraction in time"
AU - Weiglhofer, Werner S.
AU - Lakhtakia, Akhlesh
PY - 2001/8/15
Y1 - 2001/8/15
N2 - In a previous Letter [Opt. Lett. 25, 995 (2000)], Xiao claimed to have found a "rigorous solution for transient propagation of electromagnetic waves through a medium." We show that Xiao's results apply strictly only to vacuum, which serves as a reference medium in classical electromagnetics.
AB - In a previous Letter [Opt. Lett. 25, 995 (2000)], Xiao claimed to have found a "rigorous solution for transient propagation of electromagnetic waves through a medium." We show that Xiao's results apply strictly only to vacuum, which serves as a reference medium in classical electromagnetics.
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U2 - 10.1364/OL.26.001218
DO - 10.1364/OL.26.001218
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18049564
AN - SCOPUS:0011314065
SN - 0146-9592
VL - 26
SP - 1218
EP - 1219
JO - Optics Letters
JF - Optics Letters
IS - 16
ER -