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We consider wave propagation in a complex structure coupled to a finite number $N$ of scattering channels, such as chaotic cavities or quantum dots with external leads. Temporal aspects of the scattering process are analysed through the…

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A discrete-time two-user interference channel model is developed that captures non-linear phenomena that arise in optical fiber communication employing wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM). The effect of non-linearity is that an amplitude…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-07-12 Hassan Ghozlan , Gerhard Kramer

Wavefield focusing is often achieved by Time-Reversal Mirrors, where wavefields emitted by a source located at the focal point are evaluated at a closed boundary and sent back, after Time-Reversal, into the medium from that boundary.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-09-12 Giovanni Angelo Meles , Joost van der Neut , Koen W. A. van Dongen , Kees Wapenaar

Scattering prevents light from being focused in turbid media. The effect of scattering can be negated through wavefront shaping techniques when a localized form of feedback is available. Even in the absence of such a localized reporter,…

Optics · Physics 2019-05-01 Gerwin Osnabrugge , Lyubov V. Amitonova , Ivo M. Vellekoop

We present a framework for achieving broadband perfect wave transmission in complex systems by optimizing symmetric disordered media via inverse design. We show that leveraging symmetry of complex media reduces the optimization's complexity…

The Wigner-Smith (WS) time delay matrix relates a lossless system's scattering matrix to its frequency derivative. First proposed in the realm of quantum mechanics to characterize time delays experienced by particles during a collision,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Utkarsh R. Patel , Yiqian Mao , Eric Michielssen

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

We describe the {theory of focusing waves} to a predefined spatial point {inside} a disordered {three-dimensional medium} by the external shaping of {$N$} different field sources outside the medium, {also known as wavefront shaping}. We…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-06 B. A. van Tiggelen , A. Lagendijk , Willem L. Vos

We report a method to characterize the propagation of an ultrashort pulse of light through a multiple scattering medium by measuring its time-resolved transmission matrix. This method is based on the use of a spatial light modulator…

Optics · Physics 2016-10-26 Mickael Mounaix , Hugo Defienne , Sylvain Gigan

We propose and demonstrate a system for wavefront shaping which generates optical foci through complex disordered media and achieves an enhancement factor of greater than 100,000. To exploit the 1 Megapixel capacity of a digital…

Optics · Physics 2017-04-26 HyeonSeung Yu , KyeoReh Lee , YongKeun Park

Getting to grips with the detrimental influence of disordered environments on wave propagation is an interdisciplinary endeavour spanning diverse research areas ranging from telecommunications \cite{basar_wireless_2019} and bio-medical…

We extend the Finite-Difference Time-Domain method to treat dispersive magnetic media by incorporating magneto-optical effects through a frequency-dependent permittivity tensor. For benchmarking our method, we consider the light scattering…

Light propagation in materials with microscopic inhomogeneities is affected by scattering. In scattering materials, such as powders, disordered metamaterials or biological tissue, multiple scattering on sub-wavelength particles makes light…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-13 I. M. Vellekoop , A. P. Mosk

Wavefront-shaping is a promising approach for imaging fluorescent targets deep inside scattering tissue despite strong aberrations. It enables focusing an incoming illumination into a single spot inside tissue, as well as correcting the…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-23 Dror Aizik , Anat Levin

Optical wavefront-shaping has emerged as a powerful tool to manipulate light in strongly scattering media. It enables diffraction-limited focusing and imaging at depths where conventional microscopy techniques fail. However, while most…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-04 T. Chaigne , O. Katz , A. C. Boccara , M. Fink , E. Bossy , S. Gigan

Optical focusing at depths in tissue is the Holy Grail of biomedical optics that may bring revolutionary advancement to the field. Wavefront shaping is a widely accepted approach to solve this problem, but most implementations thus far have…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Yunqi Luo , Suxia Yan , Huanhao Li , Puxiang Lai , Yuanjin Zheng

We develop a method based on the cross-spectrum of an intensity-modulated CW laser, which can extract a signal from an extremely noisy environment and image objects hidden in turbid media. We theoretically analyzed our scheme and performed…

We experimentally generate and characterize the eigenstates of the Wigner-Smith time-delay matrix, called principal modes, in a multimode fiber with strong mode coupling. The unique spectral and temporal properties of principal modes enable…

Optics · Physics 2016-08-03 Wen Xiong , Philipp Ambichl , Yaron Bromberg , Stefan Rotter , Hui Cao

We present an optical wavefront shaping approach that allows tracking and localization of signal hidden inside or behind a scattering medium. The method combines traditional feedback based wavefront shaping together with a switch function,…

Thanks to the latest advancements in wavefront shaping, optical methods have proven crucial to achieve imaging and control light in multiply scattering media, like biological tissues. However, the stability times of living biological…

Optics · Physics 2023-09-21 Lorenzo Valzania , Sylvain Gigan