Energy gaps in a spacetime crystal

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 01 Dec 2009Embargo end date: 01 Oct 2009 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Physics Letters A, volume 374, pages 40-43 (issn: 0375-9601,

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Authors: Horwitz, L. P.; Engelberg, E. Z.;

doi: 10.1016/j.physleta.2009.10.034 , 10.48550/arxiv.0910.2646

arXiv: 0910.2646

Energy gaps in a spacetime crystal

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This paper presents an analysis of the band structure of a spacetime potential lattice created by a standing electromagnetic wave. We show that there are energy band gaps. We estimate the effect, and propose a measurement that could confirm the existence of such phenomena.

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Quantum Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

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