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We uncover a novel mechanism for superscattering of subwavelength resonators closely associated with the physics of bound states in the continuum. We demonstrate that superscattering occurs as a consequence of constructive interference…

Subwavelength metallic resonators provide a route to achieving strong light-matter coupling by means of tight confinement of resonant electromagnetic fields. Investigation of such resonators however often presents experimental difficulties,…

In this work we explore the fidelity of numerical approximations to the analytic spectra of hyperbolic partial differential equation systems with variable coefficients. We are particularly interested in the ability of discrete methods to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Brittany A. Erickson

We discuss a time-harmonic inverse scattering problem for the Helmholtz equation with compactly supported penetrable and possibly inhomogeneous scattering objects in an unbounded homogeneous background medium, and we develop a monotonicity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-01 Roland Griesmaier , Bastian Harrach

We present the discovery of a novel and intriguing global geometric structure of the (interior) transmission eigenfunctions associated with the Helmholtz system. It is shown in generic scenarios that there always exists a sequence of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-16 Yat Tin Chow , Youjun Deng , Youzi He , Hongyu Liu , Xianchao Wang

We show that the properties of the lower part of the spectrum of the Helmholtz equation for an heterogeneous system in a finite region in $d$ dimensions, where the solutions to the homogeneous problems are known, can be systematically…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Paolo Amore

This paper introduces the sparsifying preconditioner for the pseudospectral approximation of highly indefinite systems on periodic structures, which include the frequency-domain response problems of the Helmholtz equation and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-18 Lexing Ying

Acoustic wave propagation in a one-dimensional waveguide connected with Helmholtz resonators is studied numerically. Finite amplitude waves and viscous boundary layers are considered. The model consists of two coupled evolution equations: a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Bruno Lombard , Jean-François Mercier

Trefftz methods are finite element-type schemes whose test and trial functions are (locally) solutions of the targeted differential equation. They are particularly popular for time-harmonic wave problems, as their trial spaces contain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-11 Ralf Hiptmair , Andrea Moiola , Ilaria Perugia

This paper is concerned with the asymptotic description of high-frequency waves in locally periodic media. A key issue is that the Bloch-dispersion curves vary with the local microstructure, giving rise to hidden singularities associated…

Optics · Physics 2016-12-13 Ory Schnitzer

Single-particle resonance parameters and wave functions in spherical and deformed nuclei are determined through analytic continuation in the potential strength. In this method, the analyticity of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 G. Cattapan , E. Maglione

We lay down the preliminary work to apply the Functional Analytic Approach to quasi-periodic boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation. This consists in introducing a quasi-periodic fundamental solution and the related layer…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-31 Roberto Bramati , Matteo Dalla Riva , Paolo Luzzini , Paolo Musolino

Scattering resonances arise in wave phenomena and play an important role in many applications. While extensive theoretical studies have been conducted, effective numerical computation remains limited, and most existing methods suffer from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Bo Gong , Jiguang Sun

We study time-harmonic scattering by a periodic array of penetrable, high-contrast obstacles with small period, confined to a bounded Lipschitz domain. The strong contrast between the obstacles and the background induces subwavelength…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Yuxin Du , Xin Fu , Wenjia Jing

Motivated by numerical modeling of ultrasound waves, we investigate robust conforming finite element discretizations of quasilinear and possibly nonlocal equations of Westervelt type. These wave equations involve either a strong dissipation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Vanja Nikolić

Reflection of particles from a disordered or chaotic medium is characterized by a scattering matrix that can be represented as a superposition of resonances. Each resonance corresponds to an eigenstate inside the medium and has a width…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-12-23 M. S. Kurilov , P. M. Ostrovsky

Solving time-harmonic wave propagation problems in the frequency domain within heterogeneous media poses significant mathematical and computational challenges, particularly in the high-frequency regime. Among the available numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Victorita Dolean , Mark Fry , Matthias Langer , Emile Parolin , Pierre-Henri Tournier

We propose a fundamentally new method for the design of metamaterial arrays, valid for any waves modeled by the Helmholtz equation, including scalar optics and acoustics. The design and analysis of these devices is based on eigenvalue and…

Inspired by [25], this paper investigates subwavelength bandgaps in phononic crystals consisting of periodically arranged hard elastic materials embedded in a soft elastic background medium. Our contributions are threefold. First, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Yuanchun Ren , Bochao Chen , Yixian Gao , Peijun Li

We develop the effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian approach for open systems with Neumann boundary conditions. The approach can be used for calculating the scattering matrix and the scattering function in open resonator-waveguide systems.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-14 Dmitrii N. Maksimov , Almas F. Sadreev , Alina A. Lyapina , Artem S. Pilipchuk