Superluminal localized solutions to Maxwell equations propagating along a waveguide: The finite-energy case

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3 2, 2003, Pages

  Zamboni Rached, Michel ^a   Fontana, Flavio ^b   Recami, Erasmo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VELOCITY; WAVEGUIDES;

EVANESCENCE; FINITE ENERGY CASE; SUPERLUMINALITY PROPERTIES;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 42749102204     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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