1993/05/01 by Harry Soodak, Martin S. Tiersten · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Quantum optics and atomic interactions
paper · doi:10.1119/1.17230
openalex publication_date 1993/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
An impulsive point excitation in a linear, nondispersive wave medium can produce an after-signal, which has been called a ‘‘wake’’ in the mathematical physics literature. Relations are derived between such wakes and the dimensionality of the space by regarding a point source in space of dimensionality N−2 as a line source in N−1 dimensions and as a plane source in N dimensions. The ‘‘magic’’ of one and three dimensions is discussed from a new point of view.