Detection of QED vacuum nonlinearities in Maxwell's equations by the use of waveguides

Details Detection of QED vacuum nonlinearities in Maxwell's equations by the use of waveguides Detection of QED vacuum nonlinearities in Maxwell's equations by the use of waveguides

2001-08-14

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0108022v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 171801

Physics

Classical Physics

4 pages, REVTeX3. To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.171801

We present a novel method for detecting nonlinearities, due to quantum electrodynamics through photon-photon scattering, in Maxwell's equation. The photon-photon scattering gives rise to self-interaction terms, which are similar to the nonlinearities due to the polarisation in nonlinear optics. These self-interaction terms vanish in the limit of parallel propagating waves, but if instead of parallel propagating waves the modes generated in wavesguides are used, there will be a non-zero total effect. Based on this idea, we calculate the nonlinear excitation of new modes and estimate the strength of this effect. Furthermore, we suggest a principal experimental setup.

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