Eigenpulses of dispersive time-varying media
arXiv:2208.11778 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.203803
Abstract
We develop a compact theory that can be applied to a variety of time-varying dispersive materials. The continuous wave reflection and transmission coefficients are replaced with equivalent operator expressions. In addition to comparing this approach to existing numerical and analytical techniques, we find that the eigenfunctions of these operators represent pulses that do not change their spectra after interaction with the time-varying, dispersive material. In addition, the poles of these operators represent the non-time harmonic bound states of the system.
6 pages, 3 figures
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