Superluminal Localized Solutions to Maxwell Equations propagating along a waveguide: The finite-energy case

In a previous paper of ours [Phys. Rev. E64 (2001) 066603, e-print physics/0001039] we have shown localized (non-evanescent) solutions to Maxwell equations to exist, which propagate without distortion with Superluminal speed along normal-sized waveguides, and consist in trains of "X-shaped" beams. Those solutions possessed therefore infinite energy. In this note we show how to obtain, by contrast, finite-energy solutions, with the same localization and Superluminality properties. [PACS nos.: 41.20.Jb; 03.50.De; 03.30.+p; 84.40.Az; 42.82.Et. Keywords: Wave-guides; Localized solutions to Maxwell equations; Superluminal waves; Bessel beams; Limited-dispersion beams; Finite-energy waves; Electromagnetic wavelets; X-shaped waves; Evanescent waves; Electromagnetism; Microwaves; Optics; Special relativity; Localized acoustic waves; Seismic waves; Mechanical waves; Elastic waves; Guided gravitational waves.]Comment: plain LaTeX file (12 pages), plus 10 figure

Cherenkov Radiation Versus X-shaped Localized Waves: Reply

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