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Towards a covariant formulation of electromagnetic wave polarization

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5.3. THE K AND K TENSORS 43<br />

and<br />

K µν = 1 2<br />

[0, −cB 2 cB ∗ 3 + cB 3 cB ∗ 2 − E 3 E ∗ 2 + E 2 E ∗ 3, cB 1 cB ∗ 3 − cB 3 cB ∗ 1 + E 3 E ∗ 1 − E 1 E ∗ 3,<br />

− cB 1 cB ∗ 2 + cB 2 cB ∗ 1 − E 2 E ∗ 1 + E 1 E ∗ 2]<br />

[E 3 E ∗ 2 − E 2 E ∗ 3 + cB 2 cB ∗ 3 − cB 3 cB ∗ 2, 0, cB 1 E ∗ 2 − E 2 cB ∗ 1 − cB 2 E ∗ 1 + E 1 cB ∗ 2,<br />

cB 1 E ∗ 3 − E 3 cB ∗ 1 − cB 3 E ∗ 1 + E 1 cB ∗ 3]<br />

[−E 3 E ∗ 1 + E 1 E ∗ 3 − cB 1 cB ∗ 3 + cB 3 cB ∗ 1, cB 2 E ∗ 1 − E 1 cB ∗ 2 − cB 1 E ∗ 2 + E 2 cB ∗ 1, 0,<br />

cB 2 E ∗ 3 − E 3 cB ∗ 2 − cB 3 E ∗ 2 + E 2 cB ∗ 3]<br />

[E 2 E ∗ 1 − E 1 E ∗ 2 + cB 1 cB ∗ 2 − cB 2 cB ∗ 1, cB 3 E ∗ 1 − E 1 cB ∗ 3 − cB 1 E ∗ 3 + E 3 cB ∗ 1,<br />

respectively.<br />

cB 3 E ∗ 2 − E 2 cB ∗ 3 − cB 2 E ∗ 3 + E 3 cB ∗ 2, 0], (5.20)

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