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A relativistic study of Bessel beams

Optics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We present a fully relativistic analysis of Bessel beams revealing some noteworthy features that are not explicit in the standard description. It is shown that there is a reference frame in which the field takes a particularly simple form, the wave appearing to rotate in circles. The concepts of polarization and angular momentum for Bessel beams is also reanalyzed.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0601048,
  title  = {A relativistic study of Bessel beams},
  author = {S. Hacyan and R. Jauregui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0601048},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, 2 figs

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