Remarks on the Physical Meaning of Diffraction-Free Solutions of Maxwell Equations
Classical Physics
2007-05-23 v1 General Physics
Abstract
It is proved that a source of electromagnetic radiation cannot emit a diffraction-free beam at the wave zone. A Bessel -invariant beam does not hold even at the intermediate zone. These results negate claims published recently in the literature.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0202030,
title = {Remarks on the Physical Meaning of Diffraction-Free Solutions of Maxwell Equations},
author = {E. Comay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0202030},
year = {2007}
}
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