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Exact solutions describing the Rayleigh-Bloch waves for the two-dimensional Helmholtz equation are constructed in the case when the refractive index is a sum of a constant and a small amplitude function which is periodic in one direction…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 A. Merzon , P. Zhevandrov , M. I. Romero Rodríguez , J. E. De la Paz Méndez

We use a new method to prove uniqueness theorem for a coefficient inverse scattering problem without the phase information for the 3-D Helmholtz equation. We consider the case when only the modulus of the scattered wave field is measured…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Michael V. Klibanov , Vladimir G. Romanov

In this paper we prove the propagation of singularities for the wave equation on differential forms with natural (i.e. relative or absolute) boundary conditions on Lorentzian manifolds with corners, which in particular includes a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-06-15 Andras Vasy

We consider the Sommerfeld problem of diffraction by an opaque half-plane with a real wavenumber interpreting it as the limiting case, as time tends to infinity, of the corresponding time-dependent diffraction problem. We prove that the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-08-06 A. Merzon , P. Zhevandrov , J. E. De la Paz Méndez , T. J. Villalba Vega

Two boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation in a semi-infinite strip are considered. The main feature of these problems is that, in addition to the function and its normal derivative on the boundary, the functionals of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Y. A. Antipov

The purpose of this paper is to prove the uniqueness theorem of solutions of eigenvalue equations on one end of Riemannian manifolds for drift Laplacians, including the standard Laplacian as a special case; we shall impose "a sort of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-03-13 Hironori Kumura

This article aims to present a general study of the Helmholtz problem in slowly varying waveguides. This work is of particular interest at locally resonant frequencies, where a phenomenon close to the tunnel effect for Schr\"odinger…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-17 Eric Bonnetier , Angèle Niclas , Laurent Seppecher , Grégory Vial

We propose a new radiation condition for an infinite inhomogeneous two-dimensional medium which is periodic in the vertical direction and remains invariant in the horizontal direction. The classical Rayleigh-expansion radiation condition…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Guanghui Hu , Andreas Rathsfeld , Jiayi Zhang , Ruming Zhang

We investigate inverse diffraction problems for penetrable gratings in a piecewise constant medium. In the TE polarization case, it is proved that a binary grating profile together with the refractive index beneath it can be uniquely…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-24 Jianli Xiang , Guanghui Hu

The paper continues the analysis, started in [1] (Part I,arXiv:2302.04353), of the model open wave-guide problem defined by 2 semi-infinite, rectangular wave-guides meeting along a common perpendicular line. In Part I we reduce the solution…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Charles L. Epstein

In this paper, we investigate the geometric propagation and diffraction of singularities of solutions to the wave equation on manifolds with edge singularities.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-10-07 Richard Melrose , András Vasy , Jared Wunsch

This paper examines the propagation of time-harmonic waves in a two-dimensional triangular lattice with a lattice constant $a = 1$. The sources are positioned along line segments within the lattice. Specifically, we investigate the discrete…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-04 David Kapanadze , Zurab Vashakidze

The paper is concerned with well-posedness of TE and TM polarizations of time-harmonic electromagnetic scattering by perfectly conducting periodic surfaces and periodically arrayed obstacles with local perturbations. The classical Rayleigh…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-20 Guanghui Hu , Andreas Kirsch

We consider the problem of wave propagation for a 2-D rectilinear optical waveguide which presents some perturbation. We construct a mathematical framework to study such a problem and prove the existence of a solution for the case of small…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Giulio Ciraolo , Rolando Magnanini

The scattering of quasiperiodic waves for a two-dimensional Helmholtz equation with a constant refractive index perturbed by a function which is periodic in one direction and of finite support in the other is considered. The scattering…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 P. Zhevandrov , A. Merzon , M. I. Romero Rodríguez , J. E. de la Paz Méndez

The radiation condition is the key question in the mathematical modelling for scattering problems in unbounded domains. Mathematically, it plays the role as the "boundary condition" at the infinity, which guarantees the well-posedness of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-03 Ruming Zhang

The solution of the Helmholtz equation in optical semiclassic approximation is associated with the calculation of ray paths and matrices of variations. The transformation rules for elements of matrices on the boundaries of the waveguide are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-12-27 I. P. Smirnov

We derive and establish a solution concept for the linear mountain wave problem in two dimensions. After linearizing the governing equations and a change of variables, the problem can be stated as a Dirichlet boundary value problem for a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Adrian Constantin , Jörg Weber

Traditionally, the diffraction of a scalar wave satisfying Helmholtz equation through an aperture on an otherwise black screen can be solved approximately by Kirchhoff's integral over the aperture. Rubinowicz, on the other hand, was able to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2011-12-16 Yi-Chuan Lu

We study a Helmholtz-type spectral problem in a two-dimensional medium consisting of a fully periodic background structure and a perturbation in form of a line defect. The defect is aligned along one of the coordinate axes, periodic in that…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Vu Hoang , Maria Radosz