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An easy to implement and powerful method for the solution of 3D scattering problems that can be well described by Helmholtz equation is presented. The matrix algebra used provides excellent stability versus the number of junctions as well…

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We perform numerical scattering experiments on a Lorentz array of disks centered on a triangular lattice with L columns and study its transmission and reflection properties. In the finite horizon case, the motion of the particles may be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hernan Larralde , Francois Leyvraz , Gustavo Martinez-Mekler , Raul Rechtman , Stefano Ruffo

Unidirectional reflectionless propagation (or transmission) is an interesting wave phenomenon observed in many $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric optical structures. Theoretical studies on unidirectional reflectionless transmission often use simple…

Optics · Physics 2019-11-13 Lijun Yuan , Ya Yan Lu

We study the properties of marginal distributions-projections of the phase space representation of a physical system-under relativistic transforms. We consider the Galileo case as well as the Lorentz transforms exploiting the relativistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Stefano Mancini , Paolo Tombesi , Vladimir I. Man'ko

Long-period systems and superlattices, with additional periodicity, have new effects on the energy spectrum and wave functions. Most approaches adjust theories for infinite systems, which is acceptable for large but not small number of unit…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-06 Pedro Pereyra

For a finite group $G$, the notion of a $G$-transfer system provides homotopy theorists with a combinatorial way to study equivariant objects. In this paper, we focus on the properties of transfer systems for non-abelian groups. We…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Sarah Klanderman , Chloe Lewis , Harlea Monson , Koki Shibata , Danika Van Niel

This work analyzes the scattering resonances of general acoustic media in a one-dimensional setting using the propagation matrix approach. Specifically, we characterize the resonant frequencies as the zeros of an explicit trigonometric…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Yi Huang , Bowen Li , Ping Liu , Yingjie Shao

In this work, we obtain closed expressions for the transfer matrix and the transmittance of electromagnetic waves propagating in finite 1D anisotropic periodic stratified media with an arbitrary number of cells. By invoking the…

Transmission matrices, mapping the propagation of light from one end of the tissue to the other, form an important mathematical tool in the analysis of tissue scattering and the design of wavefront shaping systems. To understand the…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-01 Anat Levin , Marina Alterman

A semiclassical model is presented for characterizing the linear response of elementary quantum optical systems involving cavities, optical fibers, and atoms. Formulating the transmission and reflection spectra using a scattering-wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Nikolett Német , Donald White , Shinya Kato , Scott Parkins , Takao Aoki

A manifestly Lorentz-covariant calculus based on two matrix-coordinates and their associated derivatives is introduced. It allows formulating relativistic field theories in any even-dimensional spacetime. The construction extends a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 L. P. Colatto , M. A. De Andrade , F. Toppan

Permutation Matrices are a well known class of matrices which encode the elements of the symmetric group on $d$ elements as a square $d\times d$ matrix. Motivated by [4], we define a similar class of matrices which are a generalization of…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Steven Robert Lippold

The Transfer Matrix Method (TMM) is a widely used technique for modeling linear propagation of electromagnetic waves through stratified layered media. However, since its extension to inhomogeneous and nonlinear systems is not…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-23 Karol Sajnok , Michał Matuszewski

Birefringent crystals are extensively used to manipulate polarized light. The generalized transfer matrix developed allows efficient calculation of the full polarization state of light transmitted through and reflected by a stack of…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-25 Thomas Essinger-Hileman

Collective coherent scattering of laser light by an ensemble of polarizable point particles creates long range interactions, whose properties can be tailored by choice of injected laser powers, frequencies and polarizations. We use a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Stefan Ostermann , Matthias Sonnleitner , Helmut Ritsch

The geometry of optical lattices can be engineered allowing the study of atomic transport along paths arranged in patterns that are otherwise difficult to probe in the solid state. A question readily accessible to atomic systems is related…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-05-02 Mekena Metcalf , Gia-Wei Chern , Massimiliano Di Ventra , Chih-Chun Chien

We present a new method for computing the transverse transfer matrix through superimposed axisymmetric RF and solenoid field maps. The algorithm constructs the transfer matrix directly from one dimensional RF and solenoid field maps without…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2011-07-21 Colwyn Gulliford , Ivan Bazarov

We present a class of photonic lattices with an underlying symmetry given by a finite-dimensional representation of the 2+1D Lorentz group. In order to construct such a finite-dimensional representation of a non-compact group, we have to…

Optics · Physics 2015-12-03 B. M. Rodríguez-Lara , J. Guerrero

The commuting variety of matrices over a given field is a well-studied object in linear algebra and algebraic geometry. As a set, it consists of all pairs of square matrices with entries in that field that commute with one another. In this…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-05 Madeleine Elyze , Alexander Guterman , Ralph Morrison , Klemen Šivic

We introduce and study matrix transfers to achieve elementary models for bivariant $K$-theory. They share lots of common properties with Voevodsky's framed correspondences and lead to symmetric matrix motives of algebraic varieties…

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