Electromagnetic Pulse Interaction at a Dielectric Interface

Abstract

The research on pulsed electromagnetic beam fields is nearing completion with some rather interesting results. In particular, the rigorous angular spectrum representation of pulsed beam fields has been found to differ from the given by the simpler plane-wafe spectrum representation. This latter formulation (as given by W.H. Carter), 'Electromagnetic Beam Fields', Optica Acta, 21, 871-892 (1974) assumes the form of the propagated transverse field components for either the electric or magnetic field vector and then solves the Maxwell field equation for the remaining field components in a self-consistent manner. The rigorous derivation for a general pulsed electromagnetic beam field clearly shows that this assumption is valid only for very special cases of the spatial field distribution and polarization state.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 19, 1989
Accession Number
ADA211081

Entities

People

  • Kurt E. Oughstun

Organizations

  • University of Vermont

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computer Science
  • Contracts
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Electromagnetism
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Plane Waves
  • Quantum Electronics
  • Scientific Research
  • Spectra

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  • Physics

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  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics