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We study the statistical properties of the complex generalization of Wigner time delay $\tau_\text{W}$ for sub-unitary wave chaotic scattering systems. We first demonstrate theoretically that the mean value of the $\text{Re}[\tau_\text{W}]$…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-11-15 Lei Chen , Steven M. Anlage , Yan V. Fyodorov

We consider an inverse problem governed by the Westervelt equation with linear diffusivity and quadratic-type nonlinearity. The objective of this problem is to recover all the coefficients of this nonlinear partial differential equation. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Sebastian Acosta , Benjamin Palacios

In this paper, we propose a new method to estimate instantaneous frequency using a combined approach based on the discrete linear chirp transform (DLCT) and the Wigner distribution (WD). The DLCT locally represents a signal as a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-15 Osama A. Alkishriwo , Luis F. Chaparro

This paper develops a threshold model with a time-varying threshold, represented using a wavelet series expansion. The model adequately captures irregular and abrupt variations, as well as smooth changes in the threshold parameter, allowing…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-19 Rhea Davis , N. Balakrishna

We derive the joint distribution of the moments $\mathrm{Tr}\, Q^{\kappa}$ ($\kappa\geq0$) of the Wigner-Smith matrix for a chaotic cavity supporting a large number of scattering channels $n$. This distribution turns out to be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-17 Fabio Deelan Cunden

The quaternion offset linear canonical transform(QOLCT) has gained much popularity in recent years because of its applications in many areas, including color image and signal processing. At the same time the applications of Wigner-Ville…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-21 Mohammad Younus Bhat , Aamir Hamid Dar

A new time-delay estimation (TDE) technique based on dynamic programming is developed, to measures the time-varying time-delay between two signals. Dynamic programming based TDE technique provides a frequency response 5 to 10 times higher…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-01-11 Deepak K. Gupta , George R. McKee , Raymond R. Fonck

Transient signals are often composed of a series of modes that have multivalued time-dependent instantaneous frequency (IF), which brings challenges to the development of signal processing technology. Fortunately, the group delay (GD) of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-23 Haoran Dong , Gang Yu

We consider a sequence of quantized Lorentzian pulses of non-interacting electrons impinging on a quantum point contact (QPC) and study the waiting time distribution (WTD), for any transmission and any number of pulses. As the degree of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-24 Mathias Albert , Pierre Devillard

The numerical simulation of wave propagation in semiclassical (high-frequency) problems is well known to pose a formidable challenge. In this work, a new phase-space approach for the numerical simulation of semiclassical wave propagation,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-10-30 Agissilaos G. Athanassoulis

The design of high-resolution and cross-term (CT) free time-frequency distributions (TFDs) has been an open problem. Classical kernel based methods are limited by the trade-off between TFD resolution and CT suppression, even under optimally…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-19 Lei Jiang , Haijian Zhang , Lei Yu , Guang Hua

One of the most popular time-frequency representation is certainly the Wigner distribution. To reduce the interferences coming from its quadratic nature, several related distributions have been proposed, among which the so-called…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-23 Elena Cordero , Maurice de Gosson , Fabio Nicola

We introduce a new method for estimating the Ideal Time-Frequency Representation (ITFR) of complex nonstationary signals. The Reconstructive Ideal Fractional Transform (RIFT) computes a constellation of Continuous Fractional Wavelet…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-03 James M. Cozens , Simon J. Godsill

Fourier representation (FR) is an indispensable mathematical formulation for modeling and analysis of physical phenomenon, engineering systems and signals in numerous applications. In this study, we present the generalized Fourier…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-28 Pushpendra Singh

The usefulness of time-frequency analysis methods in the study of quasicrystals was pointed out in a previous paper, where we proved that a tempered distribution $\mu$ on ${\mathbb R}^d$ whose Wigner transform is a measure supported on the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-06 Paolo Boggiatto , Carmen Fernández , Antonio Galbis , Alessandro Oliaro

In this paper, we correct a mistake we made in [Phys. Rev. Lett. $\textbf{122}$, 190402 (2019)] and [Phys. Rev. A $\textbf{103}$, 012213 (2021)] regarding the Wigner function of the so-called smoothed Weak-Valued state (SWV state). Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-07 Kiarn T. Laverick , Areeya Chantasri , Howard M. Wiseman

The concepts of Wigner time delay and Wigner-Smith matrix allow to characterize temporal aspects of a quantum scattering process. The article reviews the statistical properties of the Wigner time delay for disordered systems; the case of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-06 Christophe Texier

The Wigner time delay of slow particles in the process of their elastic scattering by complex targets formed by several zero-range potentials is investigated. It is shown that at asymptotically large distances from the target, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-19 M. Ya. Amusia , A. S. Baltenkov , I. Woiciechowski

We address the problem of estimating time and frequency shifts of a known waveform in the presence of multiple measurement vectors (MMVs). This problem naturally arises in radar imaging and wireless communications. Specifically, a signal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-01 Maral Safari , Sajad Daei , Farzan Haddadi

We prove a formula expressing the gradient of the phase function of a function $f: \mathbb R^d \mapsto \mathbb C$ as a normalized first frequency moment of the Wigner distribution for fixed time. The formula holds when $f$ is the Fourier…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2010-07-07 Paolo Boggiatto , Alessandro Oliaro , Patrik Wahlberg