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We extend the usual derivation of the wave equation from Maxwell's equations in vacuum to the case of electromagnetic fields in dispersive homogeneous isotropic linear media. Usually, dispersive properties of materials are studied in…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-08-29 V. A. Coelho , F. S. S. Rosa , Reinaldo de Melo e Souza , C. Farina , M. V. Cougo-Pinto

We generalize the invariant imbedding theory of the wave propagation and derive new invariant imbedding equations for the propagation of arbitrary number of coupled waves of any kind in arbitrarily-inhomogeneous stratified media, where the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kihong Kim , Dong-Hun Lee , H. Lim

We show that degenerate nonlinear diffusion equations can be asymptotically obtained as a limit from a class of nonlocal partial differential equations. The nonlocal equations are obtained as gradient flows of interaction-like energies…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-12 José Antonio Carrillo , Antonio Esposito , Jeremy Sheung-Him Wu

In this paper, phase correction and amplitude compensation are introduced to a previously developed mixed domain method (MDM), which is only accurate for modeling wave propagation in weakly heterogeneous media. Multiple reflections are also…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Juanjuan Gu , Yun Jing

We present a scheme for numerically solving Maxwell's equations in a weakly perturbed spacetime without introducing the usual geometric optics approximation. Using this scheme, we study light propagation through a spherical perturbation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-20 Annamalai P. Shanmugaraj , Erik Schnetter , Sofie Marie Koksbang

We present a novel computational methodology for solving the scalar nonlinear Helmholtz equation (NLH) that governs the propagation of laser light in Kerr dielectrics. The methodology addresses two well-known challenges in nonlinear optics:…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-12-07 Guy Baruch , Gadi Fibich , Semyon V. Tsynkov

The study of the scattering of electromagnetic waves by a linear isotropic medium with planar symmetry can be reduced to that of their TE and TM modes. For situations where the medium consists of parallel homogeneous slabs, one may use the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Farhang Loran , Ali Mostafazadeh

Nonlinearity parameter tomography leads to the problem of identifying a coefficient in a nonlinear wave equation (such as the Westervelt equation) modeling ultrasound propagation. In this paper we transfer this into frequency domain, where…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-31 Barbara Kaltenbacher , William Rundell

Layered media can be used as acoustic filters, allowing only waves of certain frequencies to propagate. In soft magneto-active laminates, the shear wave band gaps (i.e., the frequency intervals for which shear waves cannot propagate) can be…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 Harold Berjamin , Stephan Rudykh

Nonlinear ultrasound imaging leverages harmonic wave generation to enhance contrast and spatial resolution beyond the capabilities of conventional linear techniques. This behavior is commonly modeled by the Westervelt equation, which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Benjamin Rainer , Barbara Kaltenbacher

Explicit time stepping schemes are popular for linear acoustic and elastic wave propagation due to their simple nature which does not require sophisticated solvers for the inversion of the stiffness matrices. However, explicit schemes are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Roland Maier , Daniel Peterseim

Multiscale problems are computationally costly to solve by direct simulation because the smallest scales must be represented over a domain determined by the largest scales of the problem. We have developed and analyzed new numerical methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Björn Engquist , Henrik Holst , Olof Runborg

Numerical simulation of wave propagation in an infinite medium is made possible by surrounding a finite region by a perfectly matched layer (PML). Using this approach a generalized three-dimensional (3D) formulation is proposed for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-21 Hisham Assi , Richard S. C. Cobbold

We present and analyse a space-time discontinuous Galerkin method for wave propagation problems. The special feature of the scheme is that it is a Trefftz method, namely that trial and test functions are solution of the partial differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-26 Fritz Kretzschmar , Andrea Moiola , Ilaria Perugia , Sascha M. Schnepp

Diffusion in nonhomogeneous media is described by a dynamical process driven by a general Levy noise and subordinated to a random time; the subordinator depends on the position. This problem is approximated by a multiplicative process…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-18 Tomasz Srokowski

Since the early works[1-4] on the so-called nondiffracting waves (called also Localized Waves), a great deal of results has been published on this important subject, from both the theoretical and the experimental point of view. Initially,…

General Physics · Physics 2010-01-31 Michel Zamboni-Rached , Erasmo Recami , Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa

We report a new set of Laguerre-Gaussian wave-packets that propagate with periodical self-focusing and finite beam width in weakly guiding inhomogeneous media. These wave-packets are solutions to the paraxial form of the wave equation for a…

Optics · Physics 2020-11-04 S. Cruz y Cruz , Z. Gress , P. Jimenez-Macias , Oscar Rosas-Ortiz

In many applications, and in particular in seismology, realistic propagation media disperse and attenuate waves. This dissipative behavior can be taken into account by using a viscoacoustic propagation model, which incorporates a complex…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Jean-Philippe Groby , Chrysoula Tsogka

We study the dynamics of femtosecond light pulse propagation in a cubic-quintic medium exhibiting dispersive effect up to the fourth order as well as self-frequency shift and self-steepening nonlinearity. A rich variety of periodic and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-10-19 Vladimir I. Kruglov , Houria Triki

A mechanism for asymmetric (nonreciprocal) wave transmission is presented. As a reference system, we consider a layered nonlinear, non mirror-symmetric model described by the one-dimensional Discrete Nonlinear Schreodinger equation with…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2012-04-12 Stefano Lepri , Giulio Casati