Observation of electromagnetic shock waves from propagating surface-dipole distributions
- 19 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 62 (25) , 2961-2964
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.62.2961
Abstract
We have directly measured the time-dependent electromagnetic shock wave generated by an electric surface-dipole distribution propagating faster than the phase velocity in the underlying dielectric substrate. The results are in good agreement with a theory describing the moving volume-dipole distribution with the inclusion of an equal strength surface reflection.Keywords
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