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Scattering properties and time delays for general (non-symmetric) potentials in terms of the respective S-matrices are discussed paradigmatically in one dimension and in comparison to symmetric potentials. Only for the latter the Wigner and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-07 Ulf Saalmann , Jan M. Rost

Inverse scattering and spectral one-dimensional problems are discussed systematically in a self-contained way. Many novel results, due to the author are presented. The classical results are often presented in a new way. Several highlights…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander G. Ramm

The scattering problem can be implemented in a square-integrable basis via the so-called $J$-matrix method. While methods to compute the phase shift in the $J$-matrix approach are known, we introduce a novel formula in square-integrable…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-12-16 Calvin W. Johnson , Bui Minh Loc , Austin Keller , Kenneth M. Nollett

A one-dimensional generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation is considered, and the corresponding inverse scattering problem is analyzed when the potential is compactly supported and depends on the wave function. The unique recovery of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tuncay Aktosun , Vassilis G. Papanicolaou , Vassilis Zisis

A potential scattering theory from deterministic and random $\mathcal{PT}$ collections of particles with gain and loss is introduced and the forms of their structure and pair-structure factors are elucidated. An example relating to light…

Optics · Physics 2021-04-07 Olga Korotkova , Paulo A. Brandão

In various subdisciplines of optics and photonics, Mie theory has been serving as a fundamental language and play indispensable roles widely. Conventional studies related to Mie scattering largely focus on local properties such as…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-12 Weijin Chen , Qingdong Yang , Yuntian Chen , Wei Liu

We continue our study of scattering theory and dispersive properties for one-dimensional charge transfer models, namely linear Schr\"odinger equations with multiple moving potentials. By the discovery of a refined structure of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Gong Chen , Abdon Moutinho

We provide a complete and exact quantum description of coherent light scattering in a one-dimensional multi-mode transmission line coupled to a two-level emitter. Using recently developed scattering approach we discuss transmission…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-07 Mikhail Pletyukhov , Vladimir Gritsev

We present an exactly solvable quantum field theory which allows rearrangement collisions. We solve the model in the relevant sectors and demonstrate the orthonormality and completeness of the solutions, and construct the S-matrix. In the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-20 S. Varma , E. C. G. Sudarshan

We extend the notion of the transfer matrix of potential scattering to a large class of long-range potentials $v(x)$ and derive its basic properties. We outline a dynamical formulation of the time-independent scattering theory for this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Farhang Loran , Ali Mostafazadeh

This paper develops a scattering theory for the asymmetric transport observed at interfaces separating two-dimensional topological insulators. Starting from the spectral decomposition of an unperturbed interface Hamiltonian, we present a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Binglu Chen , Guillaume Bal

We demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, that arbitrary scatterers preserving parity-time-duality ($\mathcal{P}\cdot\mathcal{T}\cdot\mathcal{D}$) symmetry inherently produce a backscattered wave whose electric field is the…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-23 Roee Geva , Mário G. Silveirinha , Raphael Kastner

Metasurfaces enable powerful control of electromagnetic waves using subwavelength planar structures, but their deeply subwavelength periodicity typically suppresses propagating diffraction orders, which limits the number of available…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-14 Karim Achouri

We make a relativistic extension of the one-dimensional J-matrix method of scattering. The relativistic potential matrix is a combination of vector, scalar, and pseudo-scalar components. These are non-singular short-range potential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-14 A. D. Alhaidari

Vortex singularities in speckle patterns formed from random superpositions of waves are an inevitable consequence of destructive interference and are consequently generic and ubiquitous. Singularities are topologically stable, meaning they…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-13 Nadav Shaibe , Jared M. Erb , Steven M. Anlage

We present an analytical study for the scattering amplitudes (Reflection $|R|$ and Transmission $|T|$), of the periodic ${\cal{PT}}$ symmetric optical potential $ V(x) = \displaystyle W_0 \left( \cos ^2 x + i V_0 \sin 2x \right) $ confined…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Anjana Sinha , R. Roychoudhury

We construct a scattering theory for harmonic one-forms on Riemann surfaces, obtained from boundary value problems through systems of curves and the jump problem. We obtain an explicit expression for the scattering matrix in terms of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-12-03 Eric Schippers , Wolfgang Staubach

We review the random matrix theory describing elastic scattering through zero-dimensional ballistic cavities (having chaotic classical dynamics) and quasi-one dimensional disordered systems. In zero dimension, general symmetry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jean-Louis Pichard

These lectures treat scattering theory from a non-perturbative point of view. The course begins with a review of formal aspects in scattering theory, discussing the in/out states and the $S$ matrix that connects them. Unitarity relations,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-26 J. A. Oller

In this work, we study the transmission properties of one dimensional finite periodic systems with $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry. A simple closed form expression is obtained for the total transmittance from a lattice of N cells, that allows us to…

Optics · Physics 2017-12-20 V. Achilleos , Y. Aurégan , V. Pagneux