Title :
Prolonging the lifetime of relativistic particles by self-accelerating Dirac wavepackets
Author :
Kaminer, Ido ; Nemirovsky, Jonathan ; Rechtsman, Mikael ; Bekenstein, Rivka ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Solid-State Inst., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We show that shaping the wavepackets of Dirac particles can alter fundamental relativistic effects such as length contraction and time dilation. For example, shaping decaying particles as self-accelerating Dirac wavepackets extends their lifetime.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical pulse shaping; quantum electrodynamics; quantum optics; Dirac particles; fundamental relativistic effects; length contraction; lifetime; quantum electrodynamics; relativistic particles; self-accelerating Dirac wavepackets; shaping decaying particles; time dilation; wavepacket shaping;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
