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An imaging system is proposed for matter-wave functions that is based on producing a quadratic phase modulation on the wavefunction of a charged particle, analogous to that produced by a space or time lens. The modulation is produced by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Brian H. Kolner

We review recent research on the transport properties of classical waves through chaotic systems with special emphasis on microwaves and sound waves. Inasmuch as these experiments use antennas or transducers to couple waves into or out of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 U. Kuhl , H. -J. Stoeckmann , R. Weaver

We present a detailed analysis of the time scaled coordinate approach and its implementation for solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation describing the interaction of atoms or molecules with radiation pulses. We investigate and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ana Laura Frapiccini , Aliou Hamido , Francisca Mota-Furtado , Patrick F. O'Mahony , Bernard Piraux

Scalar wave propagation across a semi-infinite step or step-like discontinuity on any one boundary of the square lattice waveguides is considered within nearest-neighbour interaction approximation. An application of the Wiener-Hopf method…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-12-21 Basant Lal Sharma

The transport of charged particles or photons in a scattering medium can be modelled with a Boltzmann equation. The mathematical treatment for scattering in such scenarios is often simplified if evaluated in a frame where the scattering…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Nils W. Schween , Brian Reville

We introduce the wavelet scattering spectra which provide non-Gaussian models of time-series having stationary increments. A complex wavelet transform computes signal variations at each scale. Dependencies across scales are captured by the…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2023-06-21 Rudy Morel , Gaspar Rochette , Roberto Leonarduzzi , Jean-Philippe Bouchaud , Stéphane Mallat

Compton scattering of photons by nonrelativistic particles is thought to play an important role in forming the radiation spectrum of many astrophysical systems. Here we derive the time-dependent photon kinetic equation that describes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Dimitrios Psaltis , Frederick K. Lamb

Space-time modulation of electromagnetic parameters offers novel exciting possibilities for advanced field manipulations. In this study, we explore wave scattering from a time-varying interface characterized by a Lorentz-type dispersion…

We show that transport in low-dimensional carbon structures with finite concentrations of scatterers can be modeled by utilising scaling theory and effective cross sections. Our reults are based on large scale numerical simulations of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-06 Andreas Uppstu , Karri Saloriutta , Ari Harju , Martti Puska , Antti-Pekka Jauho

We study the role of charge density-wave fluctuations on the temperature dependence of Seebeck coefficient in quasi-one dimensional conductors with a Peierls instability. The description of low-dimensional incommensurate charge density-wave…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-25 M. Mbodji , C. Bourbonnais

The problem of electron scattering on the one-dimensional complexes is considered. We propose a novel theoretical approach to solution of the transport problem for a quantum graph. In the frame of the developed approach the solution of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-09-01 Alexander F. Klinskikh , Anton V. Dolgikh , Peter A. Meleshenko , Sergey A. Sviridov

We show how the Laplace transform can be used to give a solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for an arbitrary initial wave packet if the solution of the stationary equation is known. The solution is obtained without summing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-01 Natascha Riahi

We study scattering of quasi one-dimensional matter-waves at an interface of two spatial domains, one with repulsive and one with attractive interatomic interactions. It is shown that the incidence of a Gaussian wavepacket from the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-23 F. Tsitoura , P. Krüger , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis

We discuss a method by which quantum fluctuations can be included in microscopic transport models based on wave packets that are not energy eigenstates. By including the next-to-leading order term in the cumulant expansion of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Ohnishi , J. Randrup

We find a new phenomenon, a particle like an electron, which transfers kinetic energy to other subject undergoes a decrease in its wave packet size in space and an electron that gains kinetic energy experiences an enlargement of its…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Erez Yahalomi

Ptychography currently seems the most natural and effective method of approaching the diffraction limit of optical resolution. Schematic diagram of a ptychography microscope does not contain refractive or focusing elements. It includes a…

Optics · Physics 2019-09-04 Popov N. L. , Artyukov I. A. , Vinogradov A. V. , Protopopov V.

We present scattering from many body systems in a new light. In place of the usual van Hove treatment, (applicable to a wide range of scattering processes using both photons and massive particles) based on plane waves, we calculate the…

Optics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. Gaehler , J. Felber , F. Mezei , R. Golub

In the framework of a one-dimensional model with a tightly localized self-attractive nonlinearity, we study the formation and transfer (dragging) of a trapped mode by "nonlinear tweezers", as well as the scattering of coherent linear wave…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-03 Kai Li , P. G. Kevrekidis , Boris A. Malomed , D. J. Frantzeskakis

Due to the space and time dependence of the wave function in the time dependent Schroedinger equation, different boundary conditions are possible. The equation is usually solved as an ``initial value problem'', by fixing the value of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-16 A. D. Baute , I. L. Egusquiza , J. G. Muga

A wavelet-like model for distributions of objects in natural and man-made terrestrial environments is developed. The model is constructed in a self-similar fashion, with the sizes, amplitudes, and numbers of objects occurring at a constant…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2013-12-20 D. Keith Wilson , Chris L. Pettit , Sergey N. Vecherin