Phys. Rev. E 67, 016503 (2003) [7 pages]Single-cycle electromagnetic pulses produced by oscillating electric dipolesReceived 5 April 2002; revised 1 October 2002; published 29 January 2003 We report an exact analytic solution of the Maxwell equations that is capable of describing single-cycle electromagnetic pulses beyond the slowly varying envelope approximation. The solution is based on the radiation field emitted by oscillating electric dipoles under the complex-source-point model. The spatiotemporal evolution of single-cycle electromagnetic pulses in free space is illustrated and discussed in detail by using the analytic solution obtained. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.016503
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.67.016503
PACS:
41.60.-m, 03.50.De, 78.20.Bh
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