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View SchemaRemarks on the Physical Meaning of Diffraction-Free Solutions of Maxwell Equations
| Authors | E. Comay |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0202030 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0202030 |
Abstract
It is proved that a source of electromagnetic radiation cannot emit a diffraction-free beam at the wave zone. A Bessel $J_0$ $\phi $-invariant beam does not hold even at the intermediate zone. These results negate claims published recently in the literature.
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