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physics.optics2026
Variational treatment of the electromagnetic field in an optical cavity with a moving mirror
Francesco Lorenzi, Maria Guglielmina Pelizzo, Luca Salasnich
Optical cavities with moving mirrors provide a versatile platform for exploring radiation-matter interactions and optically mediated mechanical effects, whose control has wide tech…
physics.optics2025
Optical Cavity in Relativistic Regime for Laser Propulsion
Francesco Lorenzi, Luca Salasnich, Maria Guglielmina Pelizzo
Laser propulsion has been proposed for relativistic interstellar flights, but it faces the significant challenge of requiring extremely powerful laser radiation due to the inherent…