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In this work we propose an efficient and accurate multi-scale optical simulation algorithm by applying a numerical version of slowly varying envelope approximation in FEM. Specifically, we employ the fast iterative method to quickly compute…

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Modelling ultra-low-noise far-infrared grating spectrometers has become crucial for the next generation of far-infrared space observatories. Conventional techniques are awkward to apply because of the partially coherent form of the incident…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 B. N. R. Lap , S. Withington , W. Jellema , D. A. Naylor

This chapter is a pedagogical review of methods and results for studying wave propagation in one-dimensional complex structures. We describe and compare the tight-binding, scattering matrix, transfer matrix and Riccati formalisms. We…

Optics · Physics 2012-11-02 Eric Akkermans , Gerald Dunne , Eli Levy

The proposed numerical method, "FLAME-slab," solves electromagnetic wave scattering problems for aperiodic slab structures by exploiting short-range regularities in these structures. The computational procedure involves special difference…

Optics · Physics 2017-12-19 Shampy Mansha , Igor Tsukerman , Y. D. Chong

For over 70 years it has been assumed that scalar wave propagation in (ensemble-averaged) random particulate materials can be characterised by a single effective wavenumber. Here, however, we show that there exist many effective…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-08-13 Artur Lewis Gower , William J. Parnell , Ian David Abrahams

In this paper, we study a fast approximate inference method based on expectation propagation for exploring the posterior probability distribution arising from the Bayesian formulation of nonlinear inverse problems. It is capable of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Matthias Gehre , Bangti Jin

This work extends the factorization method to the inverse scattering problem of reconstructing the shape and location of an absorbing penetrable scatterer embedded in a thin infinite elastic (Kirchhoff--Love) plate. With the assumption that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-13 Rafael Ceja Ayala , Isaac Harris , General Ozochiawaeze

This paper presents a new approach to modelling wave propagation in random, linearly elastic materials, namely by means of Fourier integral operators (FIOs). The FIO representation of the solution to the equations of motion can be used to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-09 Michael Oberguggenberger , Martin Schwarz

The effects of thermal diffuse scattering on the transmission and eventual diffraction of highly accelerated electrons are investigated with a method that incorporates the frozen phonon approximation to the exact numerical solution of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-01-22 S. Rudinsky , A. S. Sanz , R. Gauvin

We propose a high resolution spatial diagnostic method via inserting a millimeter-gap grating into the collimated terahertz beam to monitor the minute variation of the terahertz beam in strong-field terahertz sources, which is difficult to…

Waves propagating through a weakly scattering random medium show a pronounced branching of the flow accompanied by the formation of freak waves, i.e., extremely intense waves. Theory predicts that this strong fluctuation regime is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-11-05 S. Barkhofen , J. Metzger , R. Fleischmann , U. Kuhl , H. -J. Stoeckmann

This paper is devoted to a numerical analysis of a fractional viscoelastic wave propagation model that generalizes the fractional Maxwell model and the fractional Zener model. First, we convert the model problem into a velocity type…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Hao Yuan , Xiaoping Xie

The Fourier-based diffraction approach is an established method to extract order and symmetry propertiesfrom a given point set. We want to investigate a different method for planar sets which works in direct spaceand relies on reduction of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Tobias Jakobi

This paper presents a simple and effective wideband method for the determination of material properties, such as the complex index of refraction and the complex permittivity and permeability. The method is explicit (non-iterative) and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-12-02 Khattiya Chalapat , Kari Sarvala , Jian Li , G. S. Paraoanu

Fractional-order vortex beams possess fractional orbital angular momentum (FOAM) modes, which theoretically have the potential to increase transmission capacity infinitely. Therefore, they have significant application prospects in the…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-24 Yan Guo , Heng Lyu , Chunling Ding , Chenzhi Yuan , Ruibo Jin

Flexural wave scattering plays a crucial role in optimizing and designing structures for various engineering applications. Mathematically, the flexural wave scattering problem on an infinite thin plate is described by a fourth-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-27 Junhong Yue , Peijun Li

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-24 Jianli Xiang , Guanghui Hu

This paper studies the theory and applications of the diffraction of electromagnetic waves by space-time periodic (STP) diffraction gratings. We show that, in contrast with conventional spatially periodic grating, a STP diffraction grating…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-08-21 Sajjad Taravati , George V. Eleftheriades

Diffractive optical elements that divide an input beam into a set of replicas are used in many optical applications ranging from image processing to communications. Their design requires time-consuming optimization processes, which, for a…

In this paper, we study the propagation of the Frozen Wave type beams through non-absorbing stratified media and develop a theoretical method capable to provide the desired spatially shaped diffraction resistant beam in the last material…