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Motivated by the Poisson equation for the fractional Laplacian on the whole space with radial right hand side, we study global H\"older and Schauder estimates for a fractional Bessel equation. Our methods stand on the so-called semigroup…

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The plasmon analog of the self-imaging Talbot effect is described and theoretically analyzed. Rich plasmon carpets containing hot spots are shown to be produced by a row of periodically-spaced surface features. A row of holes drilled in a…

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We compute the intrinsic Hausdorff dimension of spacetime at the infrared fixed point of the quantum conformal factor in 4D gravity. The fractal dimension is defined by the appropriate covariant diffusion equation in four dimensions and is…

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Optics · Physics 2024-03-13 Emilie Pietersoone , Jean Michel Létang , Simon Rit , Max Langer

The variability of temporal (or spatial) fluctuations of any variable is represented in conventional statistical theory by the relative dispersion equal to the standard deviation divided by the mean . The Relative Dispersion decreases with…

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Phase space tomography estimates correlation functions entirely from snapshots in the evolution of the wave function along a time or space variable. In contrast, traditional interferometric methods require measurement of multiple two-point…

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In this article, we consider the reconstruction of $\rho(t)$ in the (time-fractional) diffusion equation $(\partial_t^\alpha-\triangle)u(x,t)=\rho(t)g(x)$ ($0<\alpha \le 1$) by the observation at a single point $x_0$. We are mainly…

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A frequency comb generated from a phase-modulated continuous-wave laser is simultaneously subject to the temporal Talbot effect and modulational instability (MI) when propagating through a piece of optical fiber. The temporal Talbot effect…

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Fractional calculus has been used to describe physical systems with complexity. Here, we show that a fractional calculus approach can restore or include complexity in any physical systems that can be described by partial differential…

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A macroscopic characterization of fractals showing up a structural transition from dense to multibranched growth is made using optical diffraction theory. Such fractals are generated via the numerical solution of the 2D Poisson and…

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