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Optical Aharonov—Bohm Effect. / Arkhipov, M. V.; Arkhipov, R. M.; Rosanov, N. N.
In: JETP Letters, Vol. 111, No. 12, 01.06.2020, p. 668-671.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical Aharonov—Bohm Effect
AU - Arkhipov, M. V.
AU - Arkhipov, R. M.
AU - Rosanov, N. N.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - A variant of the experiment to observe the optical Aharonov—Bohm effect has been discussed. In the experiment, a unipolar subcycle light pulse has been proposed as a source of the vector potential acting on electrons and having zero electric field strength in the region of a nonzero vector potential. Such a relation between the field and potential appears because the unipolar pulse has a nonzero electric area. An unusual situation where the fact of the passage of the pulse in one of the arms of two-beam interferometer is stored for a very long time after the passage and can be recorded in a two-beam electronic interferometer by a shift of fringes has been discussed. Detailed analysis of the phase shift under the influence of the vector potential created by the inhomogeneous unipolar pulse removes this contradiction and shows the equality of phase incursions in both arms that is unobvious at first glance.
AB - A variant of the experiment to observe the optical Aharonov—Bohm effect has been discussed. In the experiment, a unipolar subcycle light pulse has been proposed as a source of the vector potential acting on electrons and having zero electric field strength in the region of a nonzero vector potential. Such a relation between the field and potential appears because the unipolar pulse has a nonzero electric area. An unusual situation where the fact of the passage of the pulse in one of the arms of two-beam interferometer is stored for a very long time after the passage and can be recorded in a two-beam electronic interferometer by a shift of fringes has been discussed. Detailed analysis of the phase shift under the influence of the vector potential created by the inhomogeneous unipolar pulse removes this contradiction and shows the equality of phase incursions in both arms that is unobvious at first glance.
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U2 - 10.1134/S002136402012005X
DO - 10.1134/S002136402012005X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089955888
VL - 111
SP - 668
EP - 671
JO - JETP Letters
JF - JETP Letters
SN - 0021-3640
IS - 12
ER -
ID: 62122044