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TY - JOUR
T1 - Classical dynamics of free electromagnetic laser pulses
AU - Goto, S.
AU - Tucker, Robin William
AU - Walton, T.
PY - 2016/2/15
Y1 - 2016/2/15
N2 - We discuss a class of exact finite energy solutions to the vacuum source-free Maxwell field equations as models for multi- and single cycle laser pulses in classical interaction with relativistic charged test particles. These solutions are classified in terms of their chiral content based on their influence on particular charge configurations in space. Such solutions offer a computationally efficient parameterization of compact laser pulses used in laser-matter simulations and provide a potential means for experimentally bounding the fundamental length scale in the generalized electrodynamics of Bopp, Landé and Podolsky.
AB - We discuss a class of exact finite energy solutions to the vacuum source-free Maxwell field equations as models for multi- and single cycle laser pulses in classical interaction with relativistic charged test particles. These solutions are classified in terms of their chiral content based on their influence on particular charge configurations in space. Such solutions offer a computationally efficient parameterization of compact laser pulses used in laser-matter simulations and provide a potential means for experimentally bounding the fundamental length scale in the generalized electrodynamics of Bopp, Landé and Podolsky.
KW - Laser pulse
KW - Finite energy
KW - Maxwell equations
KW - Bopp–Landé–Podolsky
U2 - 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.002
M3 - Journal article
VL - 369
SP - 40
EP - 44
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
SN - 0168-583X
ER -