Published February 15, 2024
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Journal article
Luminal mirror
Creators
- 1. Kansai Institute for Photon Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
- 2. Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, ELI–Beamlines Facility, Za Radnici 835, Dolni Brezany 25241, Czech Republic
Description
When a refractive index modulation of dispersive medium moves at the speed of light in vacuum, an incident electromagnetic wave, depending on its frequency, either is totally transmitted with a phase shift, or forms a standing wave, or is totally reflected with the frequency upshift. The luminal mirror converts a short incident pulse into a wave packet with an infinitely growing in time local frequency near the interface and with an energy spectral density that asymptotically is the inverse square of frequency. If the modulation disappears, the high frequency radiation is released.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.L023202;
- arXiv
- arXiv:2310.11461;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review E
- Journal Volume
- 109
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- 4 pgs.
- ISSN
- 1089-3787
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHASE SHIFT; PULSES; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RING LASERS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SPECTRAL SHIFT; VISIBLE RADIATION; WAVE PACKETS; WAVE PROPAGATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FILTERS; FUNCTIONS; LASERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS; TRANSMISSION
Optional Information
- Copyright
- ©2024 American Physical Society
- Notes
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