title: Creation of localized optical waves that Do not obey the radiation condition at infinity
abstract: We show that the diffraction of a shocking optical pulse formed in a nonlinear transparent dielectric creates an optical missile, or localized radiation field whose amplitude and energy decays are slower than 1/R and 1/R(2), respectively, far from the aperture. Dispersion does not eliminate, but limits missile behavior to a finite range. Experimental techniques for optical missile generation are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Rios Rosas 21, E-28003 Madrid, Spain.
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Porras
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salazar-Bloise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vazquez