Kink shape solutions of the Maxwell-Lorentz system.
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.
Sørensen
Mads Peter
MP
Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby. M.P.Soerensen@mat.dtu.dk
Webb
Garry M
GM
Brio
Moysey
M
Moloney
Jerome V
JV