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Travelling waves for Maxwell's equations in nonlinear and symmetric media

Analysis of PDEs 2025-10-17 v3

Abstract

We look for travelling wave fields E(x,y,z,t)=U(x,y)cos(kz+ωt)+U~(x,y)sin(kz+ωt),(x,y,z)R3,tR, E(x,y,z,t)= U(x,y) \cos(kz+\omega t)+ \widetilde U(x,y)\sin(kz+\omega t),\quad (x,y,z)\in\mathbb{R}^3,\, t\in\mathbb{R}, satisfying Maxwell's equations in a nonlinear and cylindrically symmetric medium. We obtain a sequence of solutions with diverging energy that is different from that obtained by McLeod, Stuart, and Troy. In addition, we consider a more general nonlinearity, controlled by an \textit{N}-function.

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@article{arxiv.2406.01433,
  title  = {Travelling waves for Maxwell's equations in nonlinear and symmetric media},
  author = {Jarosław Mederski and Jacopo Schino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.01433},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

20 pages, minor improvements