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We developed a fast numerical algorithm for solving the three dimensional vectorial Helmholtz equation that arises in electromagnetic scattering problems. The algorithm is based on electric field integral equations and is essentially a…

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This manuscript presents a fast direct solution technique for solving two dimensional wave scattering problems from quasi-periodic multilayered structures. When the interface geometries are complex, the dominant term in the computational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-25 Yabin Zhang , Adrianna Gillman

We introduce a numerical method that enables efficient modelling of light scattering by large, disordered ensembles of non-spherical particles incorporated in stratified media, including when the particles are in close vicinity to each…

This paper presents a fast high-order method for the solution of two-dimensional problems of scattering by penetrable inhomogeneous media, with application to high-frequency configurations containing (possibly) discontinuous refractivities.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-31 Oscar P. Bruno , Ambuj Pandey

A butterfly-based fast direct integral equation solver for analyzing high-frequency scattering from two-dimensional objects is presented. The solver leverages a randomized butterfly scheme to compress blocks corresponding to near- and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-07 Yang Liu , Han Guo , Eric Michielssen

We apply boundary integral equations for the first time to the two-dimensional scattering of time-harmonic waves from a smooth obstacle embedded in a continuously-graded unbounded medium. In the case we solve the square of the wavenumber…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-04 Alex. H. Barnett , Bradley J. Nelson , J. Matthew Mahoney

Multiple scattering methods are widely used to reduce the computational complexity of acoustic or electromagnetic scattering problems when waves propagate through media containing many identical inclusions. Historically, this numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-07 Carlos Borges , Leslie Greengard , Michael O'Neil , Manas Rachh

This paper investigates the problem of time-harmonic acoustic scattering in an inhomogeneous medium with a complex topological structure. Specifically, the medium is anisotropic and contains several disjoint sound-soft obstacles. This model…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-30 Huaian Diao , Qingle Meng , Zhiying Sun

A fast method for the computation of layer potentials that arise in acoustic scattering is introduced. The principal idea is to split the singular kernel into a smooth and a local part. The potential due to the smooth part is computed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Johannes Tausch

When a wave, such as sound or light, scatters within a densely packed particulate, it can be rescattered many times between the particles, which is called multiple scattering. Multiple scattering can be unavoidable when: trying to use sound…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-08-28 K. K. Napal , P. S. Piva , A. L. Gower

Fast and high-order accurate algorithms for three dimensional elastic scattering are of great importance when modeling physical phenomena in mechanics, seismic imaging, and many other fields of applied science. In this paper, we develop a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-09 Jun Lai , Heping Dong

Many applications require recovering the geometry information of multiple elastic particles based on the scattering information. In this paper, we consider the inverse time-harmonic elastic scattering of multiple rigid particles in three…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Jun Lai , Jinrui Zhang

The multipole expansion is a powerful framework for analyzing how subwavelength-size objects scatter waves in optics or acoustics. The calculation of multipole moments traditionally uses the scatterer's center of mass as the reference…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Nikita Ustimenko , Carsten Rockstuhl , Alexander V. Kildishev

A variety of problems in acoustic and electromagnetic scattering require the evaluation of impedance or layered media Green's functions. Given a point source located in an unbounded half-space or an infinitely extended layer, Sommerfeld and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-23 Jun Lai , Leslie Greengard , Michael O'Neil

Scalar wave scattering by many small particles of arbitrary shapes with impedance boundary condition is studied. The problem is solved asymptotically and numerically under the assumptions a << d << lambda, where k = 2pi/lambda is the wave…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Alexander Ramm , Nhan Tran

This work presents a multiple scattering formulation of two dimensional acoustic metamaterials. It is shown that in the low frequency limit multiple scattering allows us to define frequency-dependent effective acoustic parameters for arrays…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-28 Daniel Torrent , José Sánchez-Dehesa

We provide an analytical formulation to model the propagation of elastic waves in a homogeneous half-space supporting an array of thin plates. The technique provides the displacement field obtained from the interaction between an incident…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-06-02 Xingbo Pu , Antonio Palermo , Alessandro Marzani

Non-invasive detection of objects embedded inside an optically scattering medium is essential for numerous applications in engineering and sciences. However, in most applications light at visible or near-infrared wavebands is scattered by…

Multiple light scattering hampers imaging objects in complex scattering media. Approaches used in real practices mainly aim to filter out multiple scattering obscuring the ballistic waves that travel straight through the scattering medium.…