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Paper Abstract
The existence of a specific wave object that arises when a spatially limited electromagnetic wave with abrupt leading edge propagates in vacuum is predicted. This object demonstrates a precursor-like behavior, since the diffractive spreading of the field proceeds behind it. The transverse structure and the field strength at the leading edge of the object remain unchanged during propagation, whereas its energy decreases as z-1 due to diffractive erosion of its trailing edge. This phenomenon to a certain extent resembles the Sommerfeld precursor formation in temporally dispersive medium.
Paper Details
Date Published: 11 December 1992
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 1841, Nonlinear Optical Processes in Solids, (11 December 1992); doi: 10.1117/12.131827
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1841:
Nonlinear Optical Processes in Solids
Anatoliy S. Chirkin; Vladimir I. Emel'yanov, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 1841, Nonlinear Optical Processes in Solids, (11 December 1992); doi: 10.1117/12.131827
Show Author Affiliations
E. M. Belenov, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russia)
A. V. Nazarkin, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russia)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1841:
Nonlinear Optical Processes in Solids
Anatoliy S. Chirkin; Vladimir I. Emel'yanov, Editor(s)
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