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We apply a theory of wave propagation through a turbulent medium to the scattering of radio waves in pulsar magnetospheres. We find that under conditions of strong density modulation the effects of magnetospheric scintillations in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Maxim Lyutikov , Anuj Parikh

We analyse the superluminal propagation of narrow-band pulses at resonances in dissipative media. The output waveform is an attenuated, undistorted, time-advanced version of the input which can be interpreted as the result of the…

Optics · Physics 2008-05-29 P. Chamorro-Posada , F. J. Fraile-Pelaez

The focusing of the radiation generated by a polarization current with a superluminally rotating distribution pattern is of a higher order in the plane of rotation than in other directions. Consequently, our previously published asymptotic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Houshang Ardavan , Arzhang Ardavan , John Singleton , Joseph Fasel , Andrea Schmidt

We find a new set of exact solutions to Maxwell's equations in space--time varying materials, where the refractive index is constant, while the impedance exhibits effective motion, i.e. it is a function of $x-vt$. We find that waves…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-16 Mingjie Li , S. A. R. Horsley

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

We consider deflection of rotating symmetric molecules by inhomogeneous optical and static electric fields, compare results with the case of linear molecules, and find new singularities in the distribution of the scattering angle.…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Erez Gershnabel , Ilya Sh. Averbukh

We investigate wave propagation in rotationally symmetric tubes with a periodic spatial modulation of cross section. Using an asymptotic perturbation analysis, the governing quasi two-dimensional reaction-diffusion equation can be reduced…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-01-05 A. Ziepke , S. Martens , H. Engel

Broadband radio waves emitted from pulsars are distorted and delayed as they propagate toward the Earth due to interactions with the free electrons that compose the interstellar medium, with lower radio frequencies being more impacted than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-12 Olivia Young , Michael Lam

The interaction of light with objects and media moving at relativistic and superluminal speeds enables unconventional phenomena such as Fresnel drag, Hawking radiation, and light amplification. Synthetic motion, facilitated by modulated…

The time-frequency integrals and the two-dimensional stationary phase method are applied to study the electromagnetic waves radiated by moving modulated sources in dispersive media. We show that such unified approach leads to explicit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-11 Gennadiy Burlak , Vladimir Rabinovich

We consider the scattering of linear waves in two dimensions by a rectangular region at the junction of four waveguides. A solution to the frequency domain problem is obtained by exploiting reflective symmetry to reduce the full problem to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 Afnan A. Aldosri , Michael H. Meylan , Ben Wilks

A modulation of refractive index can move at the speed of light. How it interacts with an electromagnetic wave? Does it reflect? We show that an incident electromagnetic wave, depending on its frequency either is totally transmitted with a…

Optics · Physics 2024-02-19 T. Z. Esirkepov , S. V. Bulanov

Space-time modulation of refractive index can produce synthetically moving interfaces with arbitrary apparent velocities, including superluminal motion, offering new ways to control light in dynamic media. On the other hand, space-time wave…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-16 Zeki Hayran , John B. Pendry

This is the first article in a series of three dealing with the exploitation of speckle for imaging purposes. Speckle is the complex interference wave-field produced by a random distribution of un-resolved scatterers. In this paper, we show…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Elsa Giraudat , Flavien Bureau , William Lambert , Mathias Fink , Alexandre Aubry

Multiple scattering of polarised electromagnetic waves in diffusive media is investigated by means of radiative transfer theory. The method becomes exact in several situations of interest, such as a thick-slab experiment (slab thickness L…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 E. Amic , J. M. Luck , Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen

Planar, disordered assemblies of small particles incorporated in layered media -- sometimes called ``disordered metasurfaces'' in the recent literature -- are becoming widespread in optics and photonics. Their ability to scatter light with…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-08 Kevin Vynck , Armel Pitelet , Louis Bellando , Philippe Lalanne

Temporal metamaterials, created by modulating the refractive index in time, offer powerful means of controlling wave propagation but still lack a systematic design methodology. Here, we develop an analytic inverse-design framework rooted in…

Imaging with optical resolution through highly scattering media is a long sought-after goal with important applications in deep tissue imaging. Although being the focus of numerous works, this goal was considered impractical until recently.…

Optics · Physics 2012-02-10 Ori Katz , Eran Small , Yaron Silberberg

In this paper we set forth new exact analytical Superluminal localized solutions to the wave equation for arbitrary frequencies and adjustable bandwidth. The formulation presented here is rather simple, and its results can be expressed in…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 M. Zamboni-Rached , K. Z. Nobrega , H. E. Hernandez-Figueroa , Erasmo Recami

We derive analytical expressions to describe how light is frequency-shifted when interacting with ultrasound within scattering media, due to the modulation of the refractive index induced by the ultrasound pressure waves. The model is…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-16 Adam Kinos