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Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 230401 (2007) [3 pages]

Testing Born-Infeld Electrodynamics in Waveguides

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Rafael Ferraro1,2,*
1Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, Casilla de Correo 67, Sucursal 28, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
2Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Received 21 August 2007; published 5 December 2007

Waveguides can be employed to test nonlinear effects in electrodynamics. We solve Born-Infeld equations for TE waves in a rectangular waveguide. We show that the energy velocity acquires a dependence on the amplitude, and harmonic components appear as a consequence of the nonlinear behavior.

© 2007 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.230401
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.230401
PACS:
03.50.Kk, 03.65.Pm, 42.82.Et

*ferraro@iafe.uba.ar