The application of the electrodynamics of Born to the theory of the propagation of light in electromagnetic fields [Engl. transl. of kand. diss. (Ph.D. thesis), 1936]

TL;DR

This thesis explores nonlinear electrodynamics based on Born's theory, analyzing how light propagates in electromagnetic fields and how plane light waves interact in vacuum, extending classical electrodynamics to nonlinear regimes.

Contribution

It applies Born's nonlinear electrodynamics to study light propagation and wave interactions in electromagnetic fields, providing theoretical insights into nonlinear optical phenomena.

Findings

Propagation of light in homogeneous electric or magnetic fields analyzed

Interaction of two plane light waves in vacuum studied

Extension of classical electrodynamics to nonlinear regimes

Abstract

English translation of a Russian Ph.D. thesis from 1936. No original abstract, translator's abstract: The thesis consists of two chapters. In chapter I, general requirements to be imposed on any nonlinear electrodynamics and their implementation in the electrodynamics of Born and Infeld are discussed. In chapter II, within the nonlinear electrodynamics of Born the propagation of a light wave in the presence of a homogeneous electric or magnetic field as well as the interaction of two plane light waves in vacuo are studied. Source details: A. A. Smirnov: Primenenie elektrodinamiki Borna k teorii rasprostraneniya sveta v elektromagnitnykh polyakh. Kandidatskaya dissertatsiya (Ph.D. thesis), Moscow State University, Moscow, 1936, 67 pp..