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We consider the inverse scattering problem of retrieving the structural parameters of a stratified medium consisting of dispersive materials, given knowledge of the complex reflection coefficient in a finite frequency range. It is shown…

Optics · Physics 2012-08-23 Johannes Skaar , Magnus W. Haakestad

The construction of the unconditionally stable planar rank 2 scattering matrix for stratified systems is detailed from Fresnel equations. Several matrix decompositions and numerical calculations performed on the planar S matrix allow for…

Optics · Physics 2017-01-30 Casey Kneale , Jean Chandezon , Karl S. Booksh

Neutron time-of-flight transmission spectra of mosaic crystals contain Bragg dips, i.e., minima at wavelengths corresponding to diffraction reflections. Positions of the dips are used for investigating crystal lattices. By rotating the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-08-27 A. Morawiec

An uncommon double-ray scenario of light resonant scattering by a periodic metasurface is proposed to provide strong non-specular reflection. The metasurface is constracted as an array of silicon nanodisks placed on thin silica-on-metal…

The study of polarized radiation transfer in the highly-magnetized surface locales of neutron stars is of great interest to the understanding of accreting X-ray pulsars, rotation-powered pulsars and magnetars. This paper explores scattering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-25 Joseph A. Barchas , Kun Hu , Matthew G. Baring

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…

The calculation of the transfer matrix for a large non-periodic multilayered system may become unstable in the presence of absorption. We discuss the origin of this instability and we explore two methods to overcome it: the use of a total…

We report on the polarized neutron reflectometry investigation of monolayer of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles assembled by the Langmuir-Schaefer method. After deposition onto a solid substrate the polarized neutron reflectometry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-28 V. Ukleev , I. Snigireva , A. Vorobiev

Polarised neutron scattering is the method of choice to study magnetism in condensed matter. Polarised neutrons are typically very low in flux, and complex experimental configurations further reduce the count rate. Neutron polarisation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-09 Yusuke Nambu , Mechthild Enderle , Tobias Weber , Kazuhisa Kakurai

A versatile X-ray/neutron reflectivity (specular) simulator using LabVIEW(National Instruments Corp.) for structural study of a multi-layer thin film having any combination, including the repetitions, of nano-scale layers of different…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-27 Sirshendu Gayen

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) plays an important role in different spintronic devices. The rapid development of spintronics requires a better understanding of the nature and mechanisms of the PMA formation. In our article, we…

The exchange interaction in ferromagnetic ultra-thin films is a critical parameter in magnetization-based storage and logic devices, yet the accurate measurement of it remains a challenge. While a variety of approaches are currently used to…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-06 Grant A. Riley , Justin M. Shaw , Thomas J. Silva , Hans T. Nembach

Herein, the concept of point of darkness based on polarized light phase difference and absorption of light is demonstrated by simulations using low refractive index and extinction coefficient semiconductor and dielectric, and high…

Optics · Physics 2022-02-17 Ilze Aulika , Martins Zubkins , Jelena Butikova , Juris Purans

The calculations of the inelastic spin wave scattering by flexure vibrations of the Bloch domain wall (Winters magnons) in thin magnetic films are presented. The approach is based on the interaction of the propagating spin waves with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-02 N. N. Dadoenkova , Y. S. Dadoenkova , I. L. Lyubchanskii , M. Krawczyk , K. Y. Guslienko

We investigate theoretically and numerically quantum reflection of dark solitons propagating through an external reflectionless potential barrier or in the presence of a position-dependent dispersion. We confirm that quantum reflection…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-01-11 L. Al Sakkaf , T. Uthayakumar , U. Al Khawaja

Using the formal analysis made by Bohm in his book, {\em "Quantum theory"}, Dover Publications Inc. New York (1979), to calculate approximately the phase time for a transmitted and the reflected wave packets through a potential barrier, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Rodríguez-Coppola , L. Diago-Cisneros , R. Pérez-Álvarez

Phase is a fundamental resource for optical imaging but cannot be directly observed with intensity measurements. The existing methods to quantify a phase distribution rely on complex devices and structures. Here we experimentally…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-25 Tengfeng Zhu , Junyi Huang , Zhichao Ruan

The problem of electron resonant and non-resonant scatterings on two magnetized barriers is studied in the one-dimension. The transfer-matrix is built up to exactly calculate the coefficient of the electron transmittance through the system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Armen N. Kocharian , Avag S. Sahakyan , Ruzan M. Movsesyan

A phase retrieval technique using a spatial light modulator (SLM) and a phase diffuser for a fast reconstruction of smooth wave fronts is demonstrated experimentally. Diffuse illumination of a smooth test object with the aid of a phase…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-11 Mostafa Agour , Percival F. Almoro , Claas Falldorf

In this paper, we propose a technique named reflection F-scan or RF-scan, that can be used to measure the nonlinear-refractive index n_2 of thin-film semiconductors. In this technique, a p-polarized Gaussian beam is focused using an…