Superluminal X-shaped beams propagating without distortion along a coaxial guide

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 10-

  Zamboni Rached, Michel ^a   Nobrega K Z ^a   Recami, Erasmo ^b,c   Hernández Figueroa, Hugo Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; THEOREM PROVING;

BEAM PROPAGATION; COAXIAL GUIDE; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC (TE); TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC (TM);

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349115459     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.046617     Document Type: Article

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