title: Optimal electromagnetic energy transmission and real-time dissipation in extended media.
abstract: Pulse reshaping effects that give rise to fast and slow light phenomena are inextricably linked to the dynamics of energy exchange between the pulse and the propagation medium. Energy that is dissipated from the pulse can no longer participate in this exchange process, but previous methods of calculating real-time dissipation are not valid for extended propagation media. We present a method for calculating real-time dissipation that is valid for electromagnetic pulse propagation in extended media. This method allows one to divide the energy stored in an extended medium into the portion that can be later transmitted out of the medium, and that portion which must be lost to either dissipation or reflection.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glasgow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ware