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On the energy balance in the optics of metals

Об энергетическом ба лансе в оптике металл ов

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On the basis of the boundary conditions of the electromagnetic theory an explicit calculation of the absorption in a thin metallic film was carried out with the result that transport and interference components were found to exist. By applying the method to a simple metal-dielectric boundary the physical interpretation was given of the energy balance, which had hitherto been regarded as unclear. It was also explained why the reversibility principle fails when applied to a metal-dielectric boundary.

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На основе краевых усл овий электромагнитн ой теории расчитано в явном виде поглощен ие тонкого слоя метал ла, у которого установ лена составляющая трансп ортная и интерференц ионная. Путем применения этого мет ода к простой границе металл-диэлектрик дано физическое объя снение энергетическ ого баланса, которое д о настоящего времени было неясным. Объяснено также, поче му для простой границы металл-диэле ктрик нелъзя примени тъ принцип обратимос ти.

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Knittl, Z. On the energy balance in the optics of metals. Czech J Phys 9, 133–145 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01557425

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