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

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arxiv physics/0108022 v2 pith:7ZPRYJ3S submitted 2001-08-14 physics.class-ph physics.gen-phquant-ph

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

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keywords nonlinearitieseffectmaxwellmodesnonlinearparallelphoton-photonpropagating
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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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