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Propagation of an ultrashort electromagnetic pulse in solid-state plasma

Plasma Physics 2013-12-16 v1

Abstract

The change of the shape of an ultrashort electromagnetic pulse in its propagation in solid-state plasma was calculated in the linear approximation. A case of solid-state silver plasma and of a "Mexican hat" wavelet pulse was considered. The dielectric permittivity of the medium was calculated in the Drude model. Strong dispersion spreading of a pulse at distances of the order of several microns was shown, and the comparison of evolution of the pulse shape for different center frequencies was carried out.

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@article{arxiv.1312.3733,
  title  = {Propagation of an ultrashort electromagnetic pulse in solid-state plasma},
  author = {V. A. Astapenko and E. S. Manuilovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3733},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures