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In this paper, we present a mathematical study of wave scattering by a hard elastic obstacle embedded in a soft elastic body in three dimensions. Our contributions are threefold. First, we characterize subwavelength resonances using the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Bochao Chen , Yixian Gao , Peijun Li , Yuanchun Ren

Non-Hermitian systems are known to possess unique singularities in the scattering spectra such as exceptional points, bound states in the continuum, Diabolic points, and anapole states, which are usually considered to be independent. Here,…

This paper is concerned with the analysis of time-harmonic electromagnetic scattering from plasmonic inclusions in the finite frequency regime beyond the quasi-static approximation. The electric permittivity and magnetic permeability in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-29 Hongjie Li , Shanqiang Li , Hongyu Liu , Xianchao Wang

With analytical (generalized Mie scattering) and numerical (integral-equation-based) considerations we show the existence of strong resonances in the scattering response of small spheres with lossless impedance boundary. With increasing…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 Ari Sihvola , Dimitrios C. Tzarouchis , Pasi Ylä-Oijala , Henrik Wallén , Beibei Kong

The range of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) frequencies covers a domain which at the low end abuts half the laser frequency, omega_0 / 2, according to the simplest SRS theories, corresponding to scatter from electron densities near 1/4…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Harvey A. Rose , Philippe Mounaix

A linear scattering problem for which incoming and outgoing waves are restricted to a finite number of radiation channels can be precisely described by a frequency-dependent scattering matrix. The entries of the scattering matrix, as…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-29 Hongyao Wu , Lijun Yuan , Ya Yan Lu

We consider wave propagation across an infinite waveguide of an arbitrary bounded cross-section, whose interior is blocked by two identical thick barriers with holes. When the holes are small, the waves over a broad range of frequencies are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-10-14 A. Delitsyn , D. S. Grebenkov

Light scattering is one of the most established wave phenomena in optics, lying at the heart of light-matter interactions and of crucial importance for nanophotonic applications. Passivity, causality and energy conservation imply strict…

Optics · Physics 2022-11-23 Seunghwi Kim , Sergey Lepeshov , Alex Krasnok , Andrea Alù

Multi-layered structures are widely used in the construction of metamaterial devices to realize various cutting-edge waveguide applications. This paper makes several contributions to the mathematical analysis of subwavelength resonances in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Youjun Deng , Lingzheng Kong , Yongjian Liu , Liyan Zhu

Symmetry plays fundamental role in physics and the nature of symmetry changes in non-Hermitian physics. Here the symmetry-protected scattering in non-Hermitian linear systems is investigated by employing the discrete symmetries that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 L. Jin , Z. Song

Complex quantum systems consisting of large numbers of strongly coupled states exhibit characteristic level repulsion, leading to a non-Poisson spacing distribution which can be described by Random Matrix Theory. Scattering resonances…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 Krzysztof Jachymski , Paul S. Julienne

Localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) have recently been identified in extremely diluted electron systems obtained by doping semiconductor quantum dots. Here we investigate the role that different surface effects, namely electronic…

Optics · Physics 2015-04-29 R. Carmina Monreal , Tomasz J. Antosiewicz , S. Peter Apell

We consider the scattering of waves by a penetrable inclusion embedded in some reference medium. We exhibit examples of materials and geometries for which non-scattering frequencies exist, i.e., for which at some frequencies there are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Lucas Chesnel , Houssem Haddar , Hongjie Li , Jingni Xiao

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

Non-Hermitian physics can be used to break time reversal symmetry and is important for interactions in a wide range of systems, from active matter and neural networks to metamaterials and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. In integrated…

Scattering of electromagnetic waves lies at the heart of most experimental techniques over nearly the entire electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from radio waves to optics and X-rays. Hence, deep insight into the basics of scattering theory…

The possibility of using plasmonic covers to drastically reduce the total scattering cross section of spherical and cylindrical objects is discussed. While it is intuitively expected that increasing the physical size of an object may lead…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrea Alu , Nader Engheta

The presence of resonances modifies the passage of light or of electrons through a disordered medium. We generalize random matrix theory to account for this effect. Using supersymmetry, we calculate analytically the mean density of states,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 B. Elattari , V. Kagalovsky , H. A. Weidenmueller

The scattering of quasiperiodic waves for a two-dimensional Helmholtz equation with a constant refractive index perturbed by a function which is periodic in one direction and of finite support in the other is considered. The scattering…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 P. Zhevandrov , A. Merzon , M. I. Romero Rodríguez , J. E. de la Paz Méndez

Motivated by applications to acoustic imaging, the present work establishes a framework to analyze scattering for the one-dimensional wave, Helmholtz, Schr\"odinger and Riccati equations that allows for coefficients which are more singular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-28 Peter C. Gibson