中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (5): 54202-054202.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/5/054202

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Phase and direction dependence of photorefraction in a low-frequency strong circular-polarized plane wave

黄永盛, 王乃彦, 汤秀章   

  1. High Power KrF Excimer Laser Laboratory, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-10-10 修回日期:2014-11-19 出版日期:2015-05-05 发布日期:2015-05-05
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB808104) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11105233).

Phase and direction dependence of photorefraction in a low-frequency strong circular-polarized plane wave

Huang Yong-Sheng (黄永盛), Wang Nai-Yan (王乃彦), Tang Xiu-Zhang (汤秀章)   

  1. High Power KrF Excimer Laser Laboratory, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
  • Received:2014-10-10 Revised:2014-11-19 Online:2015-05-05 Published:2015-05-05
  • Contact: Huang Yong-Sheng E-mail:huangyongs@gmail.com
  • About author:42.25.Bs; 42.50.-p; 03.70.+k; 42.50.Pq
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB808104) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11105233).

摘要: Contrary to the superposition principle, it is well known that photorefraction exists in the vacuum with the presence of a strong static field, a laser field, or a rotational magnetic field. Different from the classical optical crystals, the refractive index also depends on the phase of the strong electromagnetic field. We obtain the phase and direction dependence of the refractive index of a probe wave incident in the strong field of a circular-polarized plane wave by solving the Maxwell equations corrected by the effective Lagrangian. It may provide a valuable theoretical basis to calculate the polarization evolution of waves in the strong electromagnetic circumstances of pulsar or neutron stars.

关键词: phase and direction dependence, circular-polarized plane wave, refractive index, polarization evolution

Abstract: Contrary to the superposition principle, it is well known that photorefraction exists in the vacuum with the presence of a strong static field, a laser field, or a rotational magnetic field. Different from the classical optical crystals, the refractive index also depends on the phase of the strong electromagnetic field. We obtain the phase and direction dependence of the refractive index of a probe wave incident in the strong field of a circular-polarized plane wave by solving the Maxwell equations corrected by the effective Lagrangian. It may provide a valuable theoretical basis to calculate the polarization evolution of waves in the strong electromagnetic circumstances of pulsar or neutron stars.

Key words: phase and direction dependence, circular-polarized plane wave, refractive index, polarization evolution

中图分类号:  (Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)

  • 42.25.Bs
42.50.-p (Quantum optics) 03.70.+k (Theory of quantized fields) 42.50.Pq (Cavity quantum electrodynamics; micromasers)