Testing Born-Infeld Electrodynamics in Waveguides

Rafael Ferraro
2007 Physical Review Letters  
Waveguides can be employed to test non-linear effects in electrodynamics. We solve Born-Infeld equations for TE waves in a rectangular waveguide. We show that the energy velocity acquires a dependence on the amplitude, and harmonic components appear as a consequence of the non-linear behavior.
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.99.230401 pmid:18233346 fatcat:cuvzfpkpfvdo5ehjfrsmclsgaq