Propagation properties of vector Mathieu-Gauss beams

The vector Helmholtz-Gauss (vHzG) beam is known as a general family of localized vector beam solutions of the Maxwell equations in the paraxial limit and the vector Mathieu-Gauss beam constitutes its version in elliptic cylindrical coordinates system. In this work, starting from the expansion of the scalar Mathieu-Gauss beam in term of Bessel-Gauss beams, we give a general expression of vector Mathieu-Gauss beams in cylindrical coordinates. Within the frame work of the Collins diffraction integral formula we derive the analytical expressions of transverse vector Mathieu-Gauss beams through an axisymmetric ABCD optical system. Some numerical calculations are performed to illustrate the propagation of the vector Mathieu-Gauss beam in free space and through a simple lens system. The results are analyzed and discussed.     

Nondiffracting accelerating wave packets of Maxwell's equations

We present the nondiffracting spatially accelerating solutions of the Maxwell equations. Such beams accelerate in a circular trajectory, thus generalizing the concept of Airy beams to the full domain of the wave equation. For both TE and TM polarizations, the beams exhibit shape-preserving bending which can have subwavelength features, and the Poynting vector of the main lobe displays a turn of more than 90°. We show that these accelerating beams are self-healing, analyze their properties, and find the new class of accelerating breathers: self-bending beams of periodically oscillating shapes. Finally, we emphasize that in their scalar form, these beams are the exact solutions for nondispersive accelerating wave packets of the most common wave equation describing time-harmonic waves. As such, this work has profound implications to many linear wave systems in nature, ranging from acoustic and elastic waves to surface waves in fluids and membranes.     

具有Hulthén的型势的Dirac方程的束缚态

本文给出,具有一维Hulthén型标量势和矢量势的Dirac方程的束缚态精确解。对于三维情况,在Hulthén型标量势和矢量势相等的条件下,给出Dirac方程的S波解。     

Topology-Preserving Diffusion of Divergence-Free Vector Fields and Magnetic Relaxation

The usual heat equation is not suitable to preserve the topology of divergence-free vector fields, because it destroys their integral line structure. On the contrary, in the fluid mechanics literature, one can find examples of topology-preserving diffusion equations for divergence-free vector fields. They are very degenerate since they admit all stationary solutions to the Euler equations of incompressible fluids as equilibrium points. For them, we provide a suitable concept of “dissipative solutions”, which shares common features with both P.-L. Lions’s dissipative solutions to the Euler equations and the concept of “curves of maximal slopes”, à la De Giorgi, recently used to study the scalar heat equation in very general metric spaces. We show that the initial value problem admits such global solutions, at least in the two space variable case, and they are unique whenever they are smooth.     

Solitonlike solutions for interacting fields with consideration of gravitation

Within the general theory of relativity the interaction between scalar and vector massless fields with interaction LagrangianF ^αβ F _αβ Ψ (?) is considered, where ψ is an arbitrary function of the scalar field. For six types of space-time symmetry (spherical, cylindrical, pseudospherical, planar, pseudoplanar, and toroidal) such interaction induces nonlinearity in the scalar field, which can be chosen in trigonometric (for example, sin-Gordon) or polynomial form. Exact solutions of the field equations are obtained for all six symmetries. The spherically symmetric solutions are studied in detail and solitionlike solutions are found.     

Time-dependent scalar Beltrami-Hertz potentials in free space

We have solved the Beltrami-Maxwell equations for free space in terms of time-dependent scalar functions, the so-called scalar Beltrami-Hertz potentials. The two Beltrami fields have been represented in terms of scalar Beltrami-Hertz potentials. While the method is formulated for general sources, it is at its most powerful when the impressed source current densities are unidirectional: each Beltrami field, a complex-valued vector, can then be derived from a single scalar Beltrami-Hertz potential. We have calculated the corresponding scalar Green function explicity and given closed-form solutions for dipolar sources. Finally, the connection between the Beltrami-Maxwell formalism and conventional electromagnetic theory has been re-affirmed.     

Vector wave analysis of an electromagnetic high-order Bessel vortex beam of fractional type α

The scalar wave theory of nondiffracting electromagnetic (EM) high-order Bessel vortex beams of fractional type α has been recently explored, and their novel features and promising applications have been revealed. However, complete characterization of the properties for this new type of beam requires a vector analysis to determine the fields' components in space because scalar wave theory is inadequate to describe such beams, especially when the central spot is comparable to the wavelength (k(r)/k≈1, where k(r) is the radial component of the wavenumber k). Stemming from Maxwell's vector equations and the Lorenz gauge condition, a full vector wave analysis for the electric and magnetic fields is presented. The results are of particular importance in the study of EM wave scattering of a high-order Bessel vortex beam of fractional type α by particles.     

Decoupling and reduction in Chern–Simons modified gravity

We show that for four-dimensional spacetimes with a non-null hypersurface orthogonal Killing vector and for a Chern–Simons (CS) background (non-dynamical) scalar field, which is constant along the Killing vector, the source-free equations of CS modified gravity decouple into their Einstein and Cotton constituents. Thus, the model supports only general relativity solutions. We also show that, when the cosmological constant vanishes and the gradient of the CS scalar field is parallel to the non-null hypersurface orthogonal Killing vector of constant length, CS modified gravity reduces to topologically massive gravity in three dimensions. Meanwhile, with the cosmological constant such a reduction requires an appropriate source term for CS modified gravity.     

Solutions of the Dirac Equation for the Davidson Potential

In the present paper we solve the Dirac equation with Davidson potential by Nikiforov-Uvarov method. The Dirac Hamiltonian contains a scalar S and a vector V Davidson potentials. With equal scalar and vector potential, analytical solutions for bound states of the corresponding Dirac equations are found.     

The effects of induced heat loads on the propagation of Ince-Gaussian beams

Thermal effects are very much influential in high power beam generators. Their impacts on special types of beams such as Helmholtz-Gauss beams have attracted special attentions. This work reports thermal effects on the generation and propagation of Ince-Gaussian beams. The results show considerable beam spot size variations for near fields under various induced heat loads. As Ince-Gaussian beams are directly related to cavity symmetry breaking, the results can greatly help system designers for circumventing these types of symmetry breaks usually encountered in high power lasers.     

一类相对论性非球谐振子系统的束缚态

给出了具有形式为12r²+A2r²的非球谐振子型标量势和矢量势 的相对论系 统在两种势相等的条件下三维Klein-Gordon方程，二维和三维Dirac方程的s波束缚态解. 关键词： 三维非球谐振子势 Klein-Gordon方程 Dirac方程 束缚态     

The Kirchhoff gauge

We discuss the Kirchhoff gauge in classical electrodynamics. In this gauge, the scalar potential satisfies an elliptical equation and the vector potential satisfies a wave equation with a nonlocal source. We find the solutions of both equations and show that, despite of the unphysical character of the scalar potential, the electric and magnetic fields obtained from the scalar and vector potentials are given by their well-known retarded expressions. We note that the Kirchhoff gauge pertains to the class of gauges known as the velocity gauge.     

Conserved Gross–Pitaevskii equations with a parabolic potential

An integrable Gross–Pitaevskii equation with a parabolic potential is presented where particle density ∣u∣² is conserved. We also present an integrable vector Gross–Pitaevskii system with a parabolic potential, where the total particle density ${\sum }_{j=1}^{n}| {u}_{j}{| }^{2}$ is conserved. These equations are related to nonisospectral scalar and vector nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Infinitely many conservation laws are obtained. Gauge transformations between the standard isospectral nonlinear Schrödinger equations and the conserved Gross–Pitaevskii equations, both scalar and vector cases are derived. Solutions and dynamics are analyzed and illustrated. Some solutions exhibit features of localized-like waves.     

一类环状非球谐振子势场中相对论粒子的束缚态解

提出了一种新的环状非球谐振子势, 在标量势与矢量势相等的条件下，给出了其Klein-Gordon方程和Dirac方程的束缚态解. Klein-Gordon方程的θ角向波函数以超几何函数表示，径向波函数可用合流超几何函数或广义拉盖尔多项式表示，能谱方程由径向波函数满足的束缚态边界条件得到. Dirac方程的旋量波函数可用Klein-Gordon方程的解构造. 关键词： 环状非球谐振子势 Klein-Gordon方程 Dirac方程 束缚态     

Solutions of Nonlinear Differential and Difference Equations with Superposition Formulas

Matrix Riccati equations and other nonlinear ordinary differential equations with superposition formulas are, in the case of constant coefficients, shown to have the same exact solutions as their group theoretical discretizations. Explicit solutions of certain classes of scalar and matrix Riccati equations are presented as an illustration of the general results.     

Self-gravitating wave fields in a Gödel space

The properties of self-gravitating wave fields with integral spin (scalar and vector), compatible with a Gödel type space, are investigated. The simultaneous systems of Einstein's gravitational field equations and the equations corresponding to wave fields in Gödel's metric are solved. For the scalar field, the solutions are obtained for different types of interaction Lagrangians for the gravitational and scalar fields. It is shown that for a massive vector field the relations obtained between the constants lead, within the scope of the strong gravitation theory, to the classical expression for the spin of elementary particles.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 59–63, October, 1981.The authors are grateful to the participants of the theoretical seminar conducted by D. Ivanenko for discussing the results of this work.     

Defect vector gap solitons in photonic lattices

The existence and general properties of different kinds of defect vector gap solitons in one dimensional optically induced photonic defect lattice with focusing saturable nonlinearity in photorefractive crystal are analyzed. The defect is well localized in a single site with two existence forms, namely repulsive and attractive defect. Propagation constants of two beams that compose defect vector gap solitons could be from same gap or from different gaps. We show that some kinds of unstable scalar defect gap solitons could be stabilized by their corresponding vector cases.     

Low-amplitude vector screening solitons

We show self-coupled and cross-coupled vector beam evolution equations in the low-amplitude regime for screening solitons,which can exhibit the analytical solutions of bright-bright and dark-dark vector solitons.Our analysis indicates that these self-coupled vector solitons are obtained irrespective of the intensities of the two optical beams,whereas these cross-coupled vector solitons can be established when the intensities of the two optical beams are equal.Relevant examples are provided where the photorefractive crystal is lithium niobate(LiNbO3).The stability properties of these vector solitons have been investigated numerically and it has been found that they are stable.     

Vortex and anti-vortex compositions of exact elegant Laguerre–Gaussian vector beams

Reformulation of conventional beam definitions into their bidirectional versions and use of Hertz potentials make beam fields exact vector solutions to Maxwell’s equations. This procedure is applied to higher-order elegant Laguerre–Gaussian beams of transverse magnetic and transverse electric polarization. Their vortex and anti-vortex co-axial compositions of equal and opposite topological charges are given in a closed analytic form. Polarization components of the composed beams are specified by their radial and azimuthal indices. The longitudinal components are common for beam compositions of both types; meanwhile, their transverse components are different and comprise two—nonparaxial and paraxial—separate parts distinguished by a paraxial parameter and its inverse, respectively. The new solutions may appear useful in modeling and tailoring of arbitrary vector beams.