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Marchenko methods are based on integral representations which express Green's functions for virtual sources and/or receivers in the subsurface in terms of the reflection response at the surface. An underlying assumption is that inside the…

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Classical acoustic wave-field representations consist of volume and boundary integrals, of which the integrands contain specific combinations of Green's functions, source distributions and wave fields. Using a unified matrix-vector wave…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-07-14 Kees Wapenaar

We apply the Hilbert transform to the physics of internal waves in two-dimensional fluids. Using this demodulation technique, we can discriminate internal waves propagating in different directions: this is very helpful in answering several…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-04-07 Matthieu Mercier , Nicolas Garnier , Thierry Dauxois

We define a deformation of the exterior derivative that is a bounded operator and preserves the symmetries of the geometry. It satisfies a modified wave equation that honors the strong Huygens principle in all dimensions.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Oliver Knill

We derive Huygens' principle for electrodynamics in terms of 4-vector potentials defined as distributions supported on a surface surrounding the charge-current density. By combining the Pauli algebra with distribution theory, a compact and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-15 Gerald Kaiser

A novel Huygens' transmit-array is proposed based on a coupled-resonator approach where two identical elliptical metallic patches with an elliptical hole separated by a dielectric substrate has been used to demonstrate millimeter-wave…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Soichi Sakurai , João G. N. Rahmeier , Takashi Tomura , Jiro Hirokawa , Shulabh Gupta

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

A classical problem in acoustic (and electromagnetic) scattering concerns the evaluation of the Green's function for the Helmholtz equation subject to impedance boundary conditions on a half-space. The two principal approaches used for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-11-28 Michael O'Neil , Leslie Greengard , Andras Pataki

The elastic scattering cross sections for a slow electron by C2 and H2 molecules have been calculated within the framework of the non-overlapping atomic potential model. For the amplitudes of the multiple electron scattering by a target the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-10-04 A S Baltenkov , A Z Msezane

Scattering has usually be considered as detrimental for optical focusing or imaging. Recently, more and more research has shown that strongly scattering materials can be utilized to focus coherent light by controlling or shaping the…

Optics · Physics 2017-05-24 Yanqi Qiao , Xianfeng Chen , Yajun Peng , Yuanlin Zheng

The generalized Huygens principle for the Cauchy problem of a generic non-conservative compressible two-fluid model in R3 was established. This work fills a key gap in the theory, as previous results were confined to systems with full…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Zhigang Wu , Weike Wang , Yinghui Zhang

We create virtual sources and receivers in a 3D subsurface using the previously derived single-sided homogeneous Green's function representation. We employ Green's functions and focusing functions that are obtained using reflection data at…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-09-12 Joeri Brackenhoff , Jan Thorbecke , Kees Wapenaar

The study of wave propagation and scattering in time-dependent materials is a rapidly growing field of research. Whereas for 1D applications there is a simple relation between the wave equations for space-dependent and time-dependent…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-07 Kees Wapenaar

Interference effects form a fundamental pillar of quantum mechanics. In this paper, we examine the interference in spin-orbit coupled transverse magnetic focusing, where a weak magnetic field is used to focus charge carries over mesoscopic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-19 Samuel Bladwell , Oleg Sushkov

The homogeneous Green's function is the difference between an impulse response and its time-reversal. According to existing representation theorems, the homogeneous Green's function associated with source-receiver pairs inside a medium can…

Geophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 Christian Reinicke , Kees Wapenaar

In even spatial dimensions, solutions of the wave equation violate Huygens' principle, producing a persistent wake tail inside the light cone rather than a sharply localized propagating front. This intrinsic tail complicates refocusing.…

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We introduce the idea of discontinuous electric and magnetic fields at a boundary to design and shape wavefronts in an arbitrary manner. To create this discontinuity in the field we use electric and magnetic currents which act like a…

Optics · Physics 2016-12-21 Michael Selvanayagam , George V. Eleftheriades

We formally deduce closed-form expressions for the transmitted effective wavenumber of a material comprising multiple types of inclusions or particles (multi-species), dispersed in a uniform background medium. The expressions, derived here…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Artur L. Gower , Michael J. A. Smith , William J. Parnell , Ian David Abrahams

Waves in excitable media can be treated by a simple geometric theory. The propagation velocity is assumed known and evolution of wave fronts is determined by elementary physical principles (Fermat's principle, Huygens' principle). Based on…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 Kristof Kaly-Kullai

In this paper, a new inversion model for 2D microwave imaging is introduced by means of a convenient rewriting of the usual Lippmann Schwinger integral scattering equation. Such model is derived by decomposing the Greens function and the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-01 Martina T. Bevacqua , Tommaso Isernia