In an aplanatic optical system, where the entrance pupil is not located at the front focal plane, a corresponding quadratic phase is expected at the back focal plane. However, tightly focused optical fields evaluated by methods based on the traditional Richards-Wolf approach, lacks this quadratic phase. In the current work we calculate the focused field, for both high and medium numerical apert...

It is revisited the Michelson-Morley experiment within the quantum mechanics framework. One can define the wave function of photon in the whole space at a given moment of time. The phase difference between the source and receiver is a distance between the source and receiver at the time of reception hence it does not depend on the velocity of the frame. Then one can explain the null result of t...

Direct visualization of terahertz electromagnetic waves in classic experimental geometries. Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. We used newly developed...

Exact solution is obtained for electromagnetic field around a conducting cylinder of infinite length and finite radius, with a periodical axial current, when the wave length is much larger than the radius of the cylinder. The solution describes simultaneously the fields in the near zone close to the cylinder, and transition to the wave zone. Proper long-wave oscillations of such cylinder are st...