Canonical quantization of macroscopic electromagnetism
Canonical quantization of macroscopic electromagnetism
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DOI：
10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/123008
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发表时间：
2010-09
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
T. Philbin
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作者：
T. Philbin
由于材料的色散和吸收，量子场论的标准正则量子化规则在宏观电磁学中的应用遇到了障碍。这导致了宏观量子电动力学的唯象方法，其中没有规范的制定是企图。本文对宏观电磁场进行正则量子化。结果适用于任何线性的，非均匀的，磁介质的介电函数服从Kramers-Kronig关系。现象学方法的规定来自规范理论。
Application of the standard canonical quantization rules of quantum field theory to macroscopic electromagnetism has encountered obstacles due to material dispersion and absorption. This has led to a phenomenological approach to macroscopic quantum electrodynamics where no canonical formulation is attempted. In this paper macroscopic electromagnetism is canonically quantized. The results apply to any linear, inhomogeneous, magnetodielectric medium with dielectric functions that obey the Kramers–Kronig relations. The prescriptions of the phenomenological approach are derived from the canonical theory.