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We present an analytical theory describing a novel phenomenon of enhanced backscattering corresponding to the spatial refocussing of a spread-out correlated wave packet due to a brief interaction with a disordered potential. Our theory is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2014-05-21 Nicolas Cherroret , Dominique Delande

We have implemented a three-dimensional finite element approach, based on tricubic polynomials in spherical coordinates, which solves the Schrodinger equation for scattering of a low energy electron from a molecule, approximating the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Stefano Tonzani , Chris H. Greene

With the wave interferometric approach, we study how extrinsically multiple coherent waves excitation can dramatically alter the overall scattering states, resulting in tailoring the energy assignment among radiation and dissipation. To…

The Fraunhofer diffraction of quantum particles from materials with sharp electron-density edges or symmetric bond structures is ubiquitous. In contrast, diffraction from atoms with characteristic asymptotically-diffused electron…

Nonlinear optical phenomena such as parametric amplification and frequency conversion are typically driven by external optical fields. Free electrons can also act as electromagnetic sources, offering unmatched spatial precision. Combining…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-04 Leila Prelat , Eduardo J. C. Dias , F. Javier García de Abajo

This paper studies time-dependent electromagnetic scattering from metamaterials that are described by dispersive material laws. We consider the numerical treatment of a scattering problem in which a dispersive material law, for a causal and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Jörg Nick , Selina Burkhard , Christian Lubich

Pulsar dynamic spectra exhibit high visibility fringes arising from interference between scattered radio waves. These fringes may be random or highly ordered patterns, depending on the nature of the scattering or refraction. Here we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mark Walker , Dan Stinebring

Light is the tool of the 21st century. New photosensitive tools offer the possibility to monitor and control neuronal activity from the sub-cellular to the integrative level. This ongoing revolution has motivated the development of new…

Recent theoretical and experimental developments in the field of electron vortex beam physics have raised questions on what exactly this novelty in the field of electron microscopy (and other fields, such as particle physics) really…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Ruben Van Boxem , Bart Partoens , Jo Verbeeck

A dense cloud of atoms with randomly changing positions exhibits coherent and incoherent scattering. We show that an atomic cloud of subwavelength dimensions can be modeled as a single scatterer where both coherent and incoherent components…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Rasoul Alaee , Akbar Safari , Robert W. Boyd

We explore the opportunities of using electron scattering by screened Coulomb potential as a tool to retrieve properties of the relativistic vortex beams of electrons, such as their transverse momentum and orbital angular momentum (OAM). We…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-06-07 V. K. Ivanov , A. D. Chaikovskaia , D. V. Karlovets

We theoretically investigate the ability of free electrons to yield information on the nonlinear Floquet dynamics of atomic systems subject to intense external illumination. By applying a quantum-mechanical formalism to describe the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-12 Eduardo Arqué López , Valerio Di Giulio , F. Javier García de Abajo

We demonstrate that scattering of particles strongly interacting in three dimensions (3D) can be suppressed at low energies in a quasi-one-dimensional (1D) confinement. The underlying mechanism is the interference of the s- and p-wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. I. Kim , V. S. Melezhik , P. Schmelcher

Three-wave scattering is a fascinating phenomenon with many applications in various technologies. Reducing the system symmetry greatly affects three-wave scattering, which, in this case, goes beyond the simple momentum conservation law. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 Julia Kharlan , Roman Verba , Krzysztof Sobucki , Paweł Gruszecki , Maciej Krawczyk

Spatial and temporal light modulation is a well-established technology that enables dynamic shaping of the phase and amplitude of optical fields, significantly enhancing the resolution and sensitivity of imaging methods. Translating this…

We solve the two-particle s-wave scattering for an ultracold atom gas confined in a quasi-one-dimensional trapping potential which is periodically modulated. The interaction between the atoms is included in terms of Fermi's pseudopotential.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-09-15 Vicente Leyton , Maryam Roghani , Vittorio Peano , Michael Thorwart

The electromagnetic scattering from interconnections of high-permittivity dielectric thin wires with sizes smaller than (or almost equal to) the operating wavelength is investigated. A simple lumped element model for the polarization…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Carlo Forestiere , Giovanni Miano , Bruno Miranda

Strong interaction between light and matter waves, such as electron beams in electron microscopes, has recently emerged as a new tool for understanding entanglement. Here, we systematically investigate electron-light interactions from first…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-26 Nahid Talebi

Manipulation of radiation is required for enabling a span of electromagnetic applications. Since properties of antennas and scatterers are very sensitive to a surrounding environment, macroscopic artificially created materials are good…

Theory of electron-acoustic single phonon scattering has been reconsidered. It is assumed that the non-degenerate semiconductor has a spherical parabolic band structure. In the basis of the reconsideration there is a phenomenon of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-15 S. V. Melkonyan , A. L. Harutyunyan , T. A. Zalinyan