Kink shape solutions of the Maxwell-Lorentz system

Mads Peter Sørensen; Garry M. Webb; Moysey Brio; Jerome V. Moloney

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036602

Kink shape solutions of the Maxwell-Lorentz system

Mads Peter Sørensen, Garry M. Webb, Moysey Brio, Jerome V. Moloney

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Scopus citations

Abstract

In the limit of high amplitude oscillating electromagnetic fields, a sequence of kink antikink shaped optical waves has been found in the Maxwell's equations coupled to a single Lorentz oscillator and with Kerr nonlinearity. The individual kinks and antikinks result from a traveling wave assumption and their stability has been assessed by numerical simulations. For typical physical parameter values the kink width is of the order of tens of femtoseconds.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	036602
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	71
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036602
State	Published - Mar 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Physics and Astronomy
Condensed Matter Physics
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Mathematical Physics

Access to Document

10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036602

Cite this

@article{3e44c8d179944c7db0ea7352436e09a7,

title = "Kink shape solutions of the Maxwell-Lorentz system",

abstract = "In the limit of high amplitude oscillating electromagnetic fields, a sequence of kink antikink shaped optical waves has been found in the Maxwell's equations coupled to a single Lorentz oscillator and with Kerr nonlinearity. The individual kinks and antikinks result from a traveling wave assumption and their stability has been assessed by numerical simulations. For typical physical parameter values the kink width is of the order of tens of femtoseconds.",

author = "S{\o}rensen, {Mads Peter} and Webb, {Garry M.} and Moysey Brio and Moloney, {Jerome V.}",

year = "2005",

month = mar,

doi = "10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036602",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "71",

journal = "Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics",

issn = "1539-3755",

publisher = "American Physical Society",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Kink shape solutions of the Maxwell-Lorentz system

AU - Sørensen, Mads Peter

AU - Webb, Garry M.

AU - Brio, Moysey

AU - Moloney, Jerome V.

PY - 2005/3

Y1 - 2005/3

N2 - In the limit of high amplitude oscillating electromagnetic fields, a sequence of kink antikink shaped optical waves has been found in the Maxwell's equations coupled to a single Lorentz oscillator and with Kerr nonlinearity. The individual kinks and antikinks result from a traveling wave assumption and their stability has been assessed by numerical simulations. For typical physical parameter values the kink width is of the order of tens of femtoseconds.

AB - In the limit of high amplitude oscillating electromagnetic fields, a sequence of kink antikink shaped optical waves has been found in the Maxwell's equations coupled to a single Lorentz oscillator and with Kerr nonlinearity. The individual kinks and antikinks result from a traveling wave assumption and their stability has been assessed by numerical simulations. For typical physical parameter values the kink width is of the order of tens of femtoseconds.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=41349105437&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=41349105437&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036602

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036602

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:41349105437

SN - 1539-3755

VL - 71

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

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

IS - 3

M1 - 036602

ER -

Kink shape solutions of the Maxwell-Lorentz system

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this