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Maxwell Optics: I. An exact matrix representation of the Maxwell equations in a medium

Sameen Ahmed Khan

physics.opticsarXiv:physics/0205083

Abstract

Matrix representations of the Maxwell equations are well-known. However, all these representations lack an exactness or/and are given in terms of a pair of matrix equations. We present a matrix representation of the Maxwell equation in presence of sources in a medium with varying permittivity and permeability. It is shown that such a representation necessarily requires 8 × 8 matrices and an explicit representation for them is presented.

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