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Derivation · draft

Dispersion and Absorption from the Lorentz Oscillator

D-204 Home PU-206 Threads light · matter · fields Depends on driven-damped-harmonic-oscillator, maxwell-equations-in-media
Statement

Derive the complex refractive index n(omega) of a dielectric from the driven damped electron oscillator, obtaining normal and anomalous dispersion and the connection between absorption and the imaginary index.

Depends on

driven-damped-harmonic-oscillator, maxwell-equations-in-media

Used by

PU-206/L13