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We report on the comprehensive numerical study of the fluctuation and correlation properties of wave functions in three-dimensional mesoscopic diffusive conductors. Several large sets of nanoscale samples with finite metallic conductance,…

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Resonant scattering of fast particles off low frequency plasma waves is a major process determining transport characteristics of energetic particles in the heliosphere and contributing to their acceleration. Usually, only Alfv\'en waves are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-20 Cedric Schreiner , Patrick Kilian , Felix Spanier

Motivated by a recent prediction to engineer the dispersion relation of a waveguide constructed from atomic components [arXiv:2104.08121], we explore the possibility to create directional transport in an open, collective quantum system. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-05 R. Gutiérrez-Jáuregui , A. Asenjo-Garcia

We introduce a theoretical formalism to describe disorder-induced extrinsic scattering in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides. This work details and extends the optical scattering theory used in a recent \emph{Physical Review Letter} [M.…

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We develop a self-consistent theory of temporal fluctuations of a speckle pattern resulting from the multiple scattering of a coherent wave in a weakly nonlinear disordered medium. The speckle pattern is shown to become unstable if the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-08-31 S. E. Skipetrov , R. Maynard

A new method is developed for the study of transport properties of 1D models with random potentials. It is based on an exact transformation that reduces discrete Schr\"odinger equation in the tight-binding model to a two-dimensional…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 V. Dossetti-Romero , F. M. Izrailev , A. A. Krokhin

Statistical properties of Wigner delay times and the effect of evanescent modes on the deterministic scattering of an electron matter wave from a classically chaotic 2-d electron waveguide are studied for the case of 2, 6, and 16…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. B. Akguc , L. E. Reichl

Waveguide design is crucial in developing efficient light delivery systems, requiring meticulous material selection, precise manufacturing, and rigorous performance optimization, including dispersion engineering. Here, we introduce…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-10 Yuntian Wang , Yuhang Li , Tianyi Gan , Kun Liao , Mona Jarrahi , Aydogan Ozcan

Scattering of waves due to a vertical array of equally-spaced cracks on a square lattice is studied. The convenience of Floquet periodicity reduces the study to that of scattering of specific wave-mode from single crack in a waveguide. The…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-12-21 Gaurav Maurya , Basant Lal Sharma

We analytically study a scattering of long linear surface waves on stationary currents in a duct (canal) of constant depth and variable width. It is assumed that the background velocity linearly increases or decreases with the longitudinal…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-20 Semyon Churilov , Andrei Ermakov , Yury Stepanyants

We analyse how simple local constraints in two dimensions lead a defect to exhibit robust, non-transient, and tunable, subdiffusion. We uncover a rich dynamical phenomenology realised in ice- and dimer-type models. On the microscopic scale…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-02 Nilotpal Chakraborty , Markus Heyl , Roderich Moessner

We discuss the properties of a large number N of one-dimensional (bounded) locally periodic potential barriers in a finite interval. We show that the transmission coefficient, the scattering cross section $\sigma$, and the resonances of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Bar , L. P. Horwitz

We present an analysis of wave propagation and reflection in an acoustic waveguide with random sound soft boundary and a turning point. The waveguide has slowly bending axis and variable cross section. The variation consists of a slow and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-16 Liliana Borcea , Josselin Garnier

The wave kinetic equation predicts the averaged temporal evolution of a continuous spectral density of waves either randomly interacting or scattered by the fine structure of a medium. In a wide range of systems, the wave kinetic equation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-06-21 Yohei Onuki , Jules Guioth , Freddy Bouchet

The probability distribution of the proper delay times during scattering on a chaotic system is derived in the framework of the random matrix approach and the supersymmetry method. The result obtained is valid for an arbitrary number of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Hans-Juergen Sommers , Dmitry V. Savin , Valentin V. Sokolov

We study the propagation and localization of classical waves in one-dimensional disordered structures composed of alternating layers of left- and right-handed materials (mixed stacks) and compare them to the structures composed of different…

We consider the problem of electron transport across a quasi-one-dimensional disordered multiply-scattering medium, and study the statistical properties of the electron density inside the system. In the physical setup that we contemplate,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-01-29 Pier A. Mello , Miztli Yépez

We report on experiments that were performed with microwave waveguide systems and demonstrate that in the frequency range of a single transversal mode they may serve as a model for closed and open quantum graphs. These consist of bonds that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-30 Weihua Zhang , Xiaodong Zhang , Jiongning Che , Junjie Lu , M. Miski-Oglu , Barbara Dietz

A transport theory for atomic matter waves in low-dimensional waveguides is outlined. The thermal fluctuation spectrum of magnetic near fields leaking out of metallic microstructures is estimated. The corresponding scattering rate for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 C. Henkel , S. Potting