Open AccessTransversely modulated wave packet
Author(s) -
Vladimir Salomatov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1399/2/022009
Subject(s) - wave packet , dispersion relation , physics , plane wave , network packet , dispersion (optics) , monochromatic color , wave vector , wave propagation , acoustics , optics , computational physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , computer network
The wave packet consisting of two harmonic plane waves with the same frequencies, but with different wave vectors is considered. The dispersion relation of a packet is structurally similar to the dispersion relation of a relativistic particle with a nonzero rest mass. The possibilities of controlling the group velocity of a quasi-monochromatic wave packet by varying the angle between the wave vectors of its constituent waves and of creating a one-dimensional spatial structure in the region of wave packet propagation are discussed. The interaction of two transversely modulated wave packets is considered.