2015/01/31 by S. Goto, Shimpei Goto, R. W. Tucker +3 · 6 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Classical mechanics #Hamiltonian (control theory) #Laser #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Mathematics #Maxwell's equations #Physics #Pulse (music) #Quantum #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Voltage #physics.optics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1751-8113/49/26/265203
published in Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical 49(26), 265203 (Institute of Physics) · 15 pages, 3 figures and 1 table; final version of article accepted for publication in J Phys A
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We discuss the use of a class of exact finite energy solutions to the vacuum source-free Maxwell equations as models for multi- and single cycle laser pulses in classical interaction with relativistic charged point particles. These compact solutions are classified in terms of their chiral content and their influence on particular charge configurations in space. The results of such classical interactions motivate a phenomenological quantum description of a propagating laser pulse in a medium in terms of an effective quantum Hamiltonian.