EXTENSION OF THE SOMMERFELD DIFFRACTION INTEGRAL TO THE CASE OF EXTREMELY SHORT OPTICAL PULSES

Authors
ALESHKEVICH VA PETERSON VK
Citation
Va. Aleshkevich et Vk. Peterson, EXTENSION OF THE SOMMERFELD DIFFRACTION INTEGRAL TO THE CASE OF EXTREMELY SHORT OPTICAL PULSES, JETP letters, 66(5), 1997, pp. 344-348
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
66
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
344 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1997)66:5<344:EOTSDI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The Sommerfeld diffraction theory is extended to the case of extremely short pulses. It is shown that a simple qualitative analysis and a qu antitative solution of a wide class of diffraction problems are possib le for pulses with durations of the order of the period of the light o scillations and an arbitrary initial distribution of the light field. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.