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View SchemaUnipolar components travelling at the speed of light in vacuo
| Authors | C. Varin, M. Piché |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0412038 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0412038 |
Abstract
We describe a physical situation where the time integral of the electric field of an electromagnetic wave packet is not zero. More specifically, the non-oscillating component of the Fourier spectrum, i.e. the component resulting from the Fourier transform of the electric field evaluated at $\omega=0$, can be associated with the area under a locally unipolar electromagnetic pulse that travels in free space at the speed of light.
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