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Niles
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Hi
I am trying to figure out the physical interpretation of tensor indices. E.g., if we have an anisotropic material, then the tensor element of the susceptibility xx,y gives the response in the x-direction of an electric field in the y-direction.
Lets not go up one dimension and look at e.g. xx,y,z. This I guess gives the response in the x-direction of an electric field in the y- and z-direction?
Niles.
I am trying to figure out the physical interpretation of tensor indices. E.g., if we have an anisotropic material, then the tensor element of the susceptibility xx,y gives the response in the x-direction of an electric field in the y-direction.
Lets not go up one dimension and look at e.g. xx,y,z. This I guess gives the response in the x-direction of an electric field in the y- and z-direction?
Niles.