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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

We address the many-atom emission of a dilute cloud of two-level atoms through a renormalized perturbation theory. An analytical solution for the truncated coupled-dipole equations is derived, which contains an effective spectrum associated…

The inverse fixed angle problem for operator $\Delta^2 u + V(x,|u|) u$ is considered in dimensions $n=2,3$. We prove that the difference between an inverse fixed angle Born approximation and the function $V(\cdot,1)$ is smoother than the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-29 Jaakko Kultima

We present an analytical and numerical investigation of double-slit diffraction under coherent illumination by three plane waves: one normally incident and two symmetrically angled at plus/minus theta. By imposing an edge-zero condition on…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-01 J. Sumaya-Martinez , MA Ortiz-Ferreyro , O. Rojas-Hernandez

Diffraction of atoms from surfaces provides detailed insights into structures, interactions, and dynamical processes. However, currently the method is limited to measurements in reflection - diffraction through materials has only been…

In this paper we describe the propagation of smooth (C^\infty) and Sobolev singularities for the wave equation on smooth manifolds with corners M equipped with a Riemannian metric g. That is, for X=MxR, P=D_t^2-\Delta_M, and u locally in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andras Vasy

The polarization of a coherent depolarized incident light beam passing through a disordered medium is investigated. The local polarization of the scattered far field and the probability density function are calculated and show an excellent…

Optics · Physics 2011-06-06 Jacques Sorrentini , Myriam Zerrad , Gabriel Soriano , Claude Amra

We discuss how the diffraction theory of a single translation bounded measure or a family of such measures can be understood within the framework of unitary group representations. This allows us to prove an orthogonality feature of measures…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-05 Daniel Lenz , Nicolae Strungaru

Given $\alpha$ in some set $\Sigma$ of total (Haar) measure in ${\bf T}={\bf R}/{\bf Z}$, and $A\in C^{\infty}({\bf T},SL(2,{\bf R}))$ which is homotopic to the identity, we prove that if the fibered rotation number of the skew-product…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Raphaël Krikorian

This work is concerned with the propagation of electromagnetic waves in isotropic chiral media and with the effects produced by a plane boundary between two such media. In analogy with the phenomena of reflection and refraction of plane…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jose F. Nieves , Palash B. Pal

We study wave scattering from a gently curved surface. We show that the recursive relations, implied by shift invariance, among the coefficients of the perturbative series for the scattering amplitude allow to perform an infinite…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-07-06 Giuseppe Bimonte

It is well known that certain special classes of self-gravitating point-like defects, such as global (non gauged) monopoles, give rise to non-asymptotically flat space-times characterized by solid angle deficits, whose size depends on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-03-14 Nick E. Mavromatos , Joannis Papavassiliou

This paper provides a mathematical approach to study chromatic aberration in metalenses. It is shown that radiation of a given wavelength is refracted according to a generalized Snell's law which together with the notion of envelope yields…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Cristian E. Gutiérrez , Ahmad Sabra

Periodic waves of the one-dimensional cubic defocusing NLS equation are considered. Using tools from integrability theory, these waves have been shown in [Bottman, Deconinck, and Nivala, 2011] to be linearly stable and the Floquet-Bloch…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-23 Thierry Gallay , Dmitry Pelinovsky

Consider the problem of scattering of electromagnetic waves by a doubly periodic structure. The medium above the structure is assumed to be inhomogeneous characterized completely by an index of refraction. Below the structure is a perfect…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-05-07 Jiaqing Yang , Bo Zhang

We generalize previous \cite{AiBa2} work on the classification of ($C^\infty$) symmetries of plane-fronted waves with an impulsive profile. Due to the specific form of the profile it is possible to extend the group of normal-form-preserving…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-06 P. C. Aichelburg , H. Balasin

In this article, we first prove that for general dispersive equations on Riemannian symmetric spaces of compact type $\mathbb{X}=U/K$, of rank $1$ and $2$, the Sobolev regularity threshold $\alpha >1/2$ for the initial data, is sufficient…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Utsav Dewan , Sanjoy Pusti

We show that periodically doped, flat surfaces can act as reflective diffraction gratings for atomic and molecular matter waves. The diffraction element is realized by exploiting that charged dopants locally suppress quantum reflection from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-16 Benjamin A. Stickler , Uzi Even , Klaus Hornberger

This work is devoted to molecular dynamics modeling of collision of nanoparticle having a small number of degrees of freedom with a structureless plain. The new regularities are established that determine properties of such particles.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-19 M. A. Ratner , A. V. Tur , V. V. Yanovsky

A general algorithm for calculating the reflection and refraction of nonuniform plane waves from an arbitrarily oriented and charged planar interface between two lossy isotropic media is proposed based on the decomposition of the complex…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-24 Zhili Lin