Focused X-shaped pulses.
The space-time focusing of a (continuous) succession of localized X-shaped pulses is obtained by suitably integrating over their speed, i.e., over their axicon angle, thus generalizing a previous (discrete) approach. New superluminal wave pulses are first constructed and then tailored so that they become temporally focused at a chosen spatial point, where the wave field can reach very high intensities for a short time. Results of this kind may find applications in many fields, besides electromagnetism and optics, including acoustics, gravitation, and elementary particle physics.
Zamboni-Rached
Michel
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Department of Microwaves and Optics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. mzamboni@dmo.fee.unicamp.br
Shaarawi
Amr M
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Recami
Erasmo
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