Anomalies in light scattering
Reviewartikel, 2019

The scattering of electromagnetic waves lies at the heart of most experimental techniques over nearly the entire electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from radio waves to optics and x rays. Hence, deep insight into the basics of scattering theory and an understanding of the peculiar features of electromagnetic scattering are necessary for the correct interpretation of experimental data and an understanding of the underlying physics. Recently, a broad spectrum of exceptional scattering phenomena attainable in suitably engineered structures has been predicted and demonstrated. Examples include bound states in the continuum, exceptional points in parity-time (PT)-symmetrical non-Hermitian systems, coherent perfect absorption, virtual perfect absorption, nontrivial lasing, nonradiating sources, and others. In this paper, we establish a unified description of such exotic scattering phenomena and show that the origin of ail these effects can be traced back to the properties of poles and zeros of the underlying scattering matrix. We provide insights on how managing these special points in the complex frequency plane provides a powerful approach to tailor unusual scattering regimes. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America

Författare

Alex Krasnok

City University of New York (CUNY)

Denis Baranov

Chalmers, Fysik, Bionanofotonik

Huanan Li

City University of New York (CUNY)

Mohammad-Ali Miri

City University of New York (CUNY)

Francesco Monticone

Cornell University

Andrea Alu

City University of New York (CUNY)

Advances in Optics and Photonics

19438206 (eISSN)

Vol. 11 4 892-951

Ämneskategorier

Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

Annan fysik

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1364/AOP.11.000892

Mer information

Senast uppdaterat

2020-11-12