Related papers: A holographic uniqueness theorem
We consider a plane wave, a radiation solution, and the sum of these solutions (total solution) for the Helmholtz equation in an exterior region in $\mathbb R^2$. We consider a straight line in this region, such that the direction of…
We consider a radiation solution $\psi$ for the Helmholtz equation in an exterior region in $\mathbb R^3$. We show that the restriction of $\psi$ to any ray $L$ in the exterior region is uniquely determined by its imaginary part $\Im\psi$…
We consider a plane wave, a radiation solution, and the sum of these solutions (total solution) for the Helmholtz equation in an exterior region in $\mathbb{R}^d,$ $d\geq 2$. In this region, we consider a hyperplane $X$ with sufficiently…
We study the uniqueness of solutions of Helmholtz equation for a problem that concerns wave propagation in waveguides. The classical radiation condition does not apply to our problem because the inhomogeneity of the index of refraction…
In the formulation of the problem of scattering of monochromatic waves and the numerical simulation of the solution to the Helmholtz equation, there is a computational inconvenience: the calculation is performed on a finite grid of…
We consider a radiation solution $\psi$ for the Helmholtz equation in an exterior region in $\mathbb R^2$. We show that $\psi$ in the exterior region is uniquely determined by its imaginary part $Im(\psi)$ on an interval of a line $L$ lying…
We investigate inverse diffraction problems for penetrable gratings in a piecewise constant medium. In the TE polarization case, it is proved that a binary grating profile together with the refractive index beneath it can be uniquely…
We consider the helical reduction of the wave equation with an arbitrary source on $(n+1)$-dimensional Minkowski space, $n\geq2$. The reduced equation is of mixed elliptic-hyperbolic type on ${\bf R}^n$. We obtain a uniqueness theorem for…
As a quantum theory of gravity, Matrix theory should provide a realization of the holographic principle, in the sense that a holographic theory should contain one binary degree of freedom per Planck area. We present evidence that…
We consider the Sommerfeld problem of diffraction by an opaque half-plane with a real wavenumber interpreting it as the limiting case, as time tends to infinity, of the corresponding time-dependent diffraction problem. We prove that the…
Huygens principle (HP) is the cornerstone of wave optics, its mathematical model is a boundary value problem of wave equation. The solutions of this mathematical model should be partial derivative u sub n independent and satisfy the form of…
We propose a novel on-surface radiation condition to approximate the outgoing solution to the Helmholtz equation in the exterior of several impenetrable convex obstacles. Based on a local approximation of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator…
Traditionally, the diffraction of a scalar wave satisfying Helmholtz equation through an aperture on an otherwise black screen can be solved approximately by Kirchhoff's integral over the aperture. Rubinowicz, on the other hand, was able to…
We analyze the propagation of waves in unbounded photonic crystals, the waves are described by a Helmholtz equation with $x$-dependent coefficients. The scattering problem must be completed with a radiation condition at infinity, which was…
We demonstrate a method to create arbitrary intensity distributions of multiple wavelengths of light, which can be useful for ultracold atom experiments, by using regional phase-calculation algorithms to find a single hologram which is…
Thermal waves are caused by pure diffusion: their amplitude is decreased by more than a factor of 500 within a propagation distance of one wavelength. The diffusion equation, which describes the temperature as a function of space and time,…
We study a new approach to the problem of transparent boundary conditions for the Helmholtz equation in unbounded domains. Our approach is based on the minimization of an integral functional arising from a volume integral formulation of the…
We derive and establish a solution concept for the linear mountain wave problem in two dimensions. After linearizing the governing equations and a change of variables, the problem can be stated as a Dirichlet boundary value problem for a…
Exact solutions describing the Rayleigh-Bloch waves for the two-dimensional Helmholtz equation are constructed in the case when the refractive index is a sum of a constant and a small amplitude function which is periodic in one direction…
It is proved that a connected polygonal obstacle coated by thin layers together with its surface impedance function can be determined uniquely from the far field pattern of a single incident plane wave. Our proof is based on the Schwarz…