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Mathematical modeling of resonant waves propagating in 2D periodic infinite lattices is conducted. Rectangular-cell, triangular-cell and hexagonal-cell lattices are considered. Eigenvalues (here eigenfrequencies) of steady-state problems…
We introduce and discuss a new approach to the phase retrieval of fields radiated by continuous aperture sources having a circular support, which is of interest in many applications including the detection of shape deformations on reflector…
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The increasing use of freeform optical surfaces raises the demand for optical design tools developed for generalized systems. In the design process surface-by-surface aberration contributions are of special interest. The expansion of the…
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This work comes as the second part in a series of investigations into the dynamics of rotating waves as solutions to lattice dynamical systems. Such nonlinear waves as solutions to mathematical equations are of great interest throughout the…
A 2D problem of acoustic wave scattering by a segment bearing impedance boundary conditions is considered. In the current paper (the first part of a series of two) some preliminary steps are made, namely, the diffraction problem is reduced…
We consider the two-dimensional advection-diffusion equation on a bounded domain subject to either Dirichlet or von Neumann boundary conditions and study both time-independent and time-periodic cases involving Liouville integrable…
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For the diffraction of an incident plane electromagnetic wave by a slotted metallic film, the previous analytical calculation for a single slot [Technical Phys. 50, 1076 (2005)] is generalized into a model for an arbitrary linear array of…
In this paper, we study the problem of scattering by several strictly convex obstacles, with smooth boundary and satisfying a non eclipse condition. We show, in dimension 2 only, the existence of a spectral gap for the meromorphic…
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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…
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