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Giant fluctuations of topological charge in a disordered wave guide

Other Condensed Matter 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

We study the fluctuations of the total topological charge of a scalar wave propagating in a hollow conducting wave guide filled with scatterers inside. We investigate the dependence of the screening on the scattering mean free path and on the presence of boundaries. Near the cut-off frequencies of the wave guide, screening is strongly suppressed near the boundaries. The resulting huge fluctuations of the total topological charge are very sensitive to the disorder.

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@article{arxiv.0707.2874,
  title  = {Giant fluctuations of topological charge in a disordered wave guide},
  author = {D. Anache-Menier and B. A. van Tiggelen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.2874},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

8 pages 5 figures, submitted to Waves in Random and Complex Media