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If there are no sources of an electromagnetic field present anywhere in space during a period of time, then that field is said to be a free-field during that time. The detailed properties of such free-fields were first studied in detail by Sherman, Devaney and Mandel [1], Sherman, Stamnes, Devaney and Lalor [2], and Devaney and Sherman [3] in the early 1970s. Such fields are of interest because they form the simplest type of wave phenomena encountered in both electromagnetics and optics.
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(2006). Free Fields in Temporally Dispersive Media. In: Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation 1. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 125. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34730-1_8
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