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Starting with Maxwell's equations, we derive the fundamental results of the Huygens-Fresnel-Kirchhoff and Rayleigh-Sommerfeld theories of scalar diffraction and scattering. These results are then extended to cover the case of vector…

Optics · Physics 2020-09-16 Masud Mansuripur

This work considers the propagation of high-frequency waves in highly-scattering media where physical absorption of a nonlinear nature occurs. Using the classical tools of the Wigner transform and multiscale analysis, we derive semilinear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Joseph Kraisler , Wei Li , Kui Ren , John C. Schotland , Yimin Zhong

We interpret the purely spectral forward Maxwell equation with up to 3${^{\rm rd}}$ order induced polarizations for pulse propagation and interactions in quadratic nonlinear crystals. The interpreted equation, also named nonlinear wave…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-11 Hairun Guo , Xianglong Zeng , Binbin Zhou , Morten Bache

We consider the scattering problem on locally perturbed periodic penetrable dielectric layers, which is formulated in terms of the full vector-valued time-harmonic Maxwell's equations. The right-hand side is not assumed to be periodic. At…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-23 Alexander Konschin

Maxwell equations are solved in a layer comprising a finite number of homogeneous isotropic dielectric regions ended by anisotropic perfectly matched layers (PMLs). The boundary-value problem is solved and the dispersion relation inside the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 Diana C. Skigin

Based on the Vlasov-Maxwell equations describing the self-consistent nonlinear beam dynamics and collective processes, the evolution of an intense sheet beam propagating through a periodic focusing field has been studied. In an earlier…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephan I. Tzenov , Ronald C. Davidson

We study an inverse scattering problem for Maxwell's equations in terminating waveguides, where localized reflectors are to be imaged using a remote array of sensors. The array probes the waveguide with waves and measures the scattered…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-27 Liliana Borcea , Dinh-Liem Nguyen

We propose and demonstrate theoretically a method to achieve and design optical nonlinear responses through a light-mediated spatial hybridization of different standard nonlinearities. The mechanism is based on the fact that optical…

Optics · Physics 2008-04-24 Alessandro Ciattoni , Eugenio Del Re , Carlo Rizza , Andrea Marini

We consider the scattering of elastic waves by highly oscillating anisotropic periodic media with bounded support. Applying the two-scale homogenization, we first obtain a constant coefficient second-order partial differential elliptic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-06 Yi-Hsuan Lin , Shixu Meng

We look for travelling wave fields $$ E(x,y,z,t)= U(x,y) \cos(kz+\omega t)+ \widetilde U(x,y)\sin(kz+\omega t),\quad (x,y,z)\in\mathbb{R}^3,\, t\in\mathbb{R} $$ satisfying Maxwell's equations in a nonlinear medium which is not necessarily…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Jarosław Mederski , Wolfgang Reichel

Transformation equations for physical quantities that characterize plane electromagnetic wave propagation in transparent optical media are presented. The Doppler effect, and measurements performed by an observer moving with the wave are…

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-04 B. Rothenstein , A. De Sabata

We investigate the propagation of electromagnetic waves in stratified anisotropic dielectric-magnetic materials using the integral equation method (IEM). Based on the superposition principle, we use Hertz vector formulations of radiated…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-18 Weixing Shu , Na Fu , Xiaofang Lv , Hailu Luo , Shuangchun Wen , Dianyuan Fan

This paper provides a theoretical foundation for some common formulations of inverse problems in wave propagation, based on hyperbolic systems of linear integro-differential equations with bounded and measurable coefficients. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Kirk D. Blazek , Christiaan C. Stolk , William W. Symes

Formal analogies between gravitational and optical phenomena have been explored for over a century, providing valuable insights into kinematic aspects of general relativity. Here, this analogy is employed to study light propagation in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-04 Lucas T. de Paula , Caio C. Holanda Ribeiro , Vitorio A. De Lorenci

We considered the wave propagation between two medias. For description of physical model choose nonlinear Schredinger equation with saturation parameter. The solutions of respectively equation are found and analyzed.

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 Dmitry Levko

We consider time-harmonic electromagnetic scattering problems on perfectly conducting scatterers with uncertain shape. Thus, the scattered field will also be uncertain. Based on the knowledge of the two-point correlation of the domain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-15 Jürgen Dölz

We present a novel general framework to deal with forward and backward components of the electromagnetic field in axially-invariant nonlinear optical systems, which include those having any type of linear or nonlinear transverse…

Scattering has usually be considered as detrimental for optical focusing or imaging. Recently, more and more research has shown that strongly scattering materials can be utilized to focus coherent light by controlling or shaping the…

Optics · Physics 2017-05-24 Yanqi Qiao , Xianfeng Chen , Yajun Peng , Yuanlin Zheng

In this work, we are concerned with the mathematical modeling of the electromagnetic (EM) scattering by arbitrarily shaped non-magnetic nanoparticles with high refractive indices. When illuminated by visible light, such particles can…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-08-13 Habib Ammari , Bowen Li , Jun Zou

We analyze electromagnetic waves propagation in one-dimensional periodic media with single or periodic defects. The study is made both from the point of view of the modes and of the diffraction problem. We provide an explicit dispersion…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Didier Felbacq