Light scattering by a finite obstacle and Fano resonances

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2008-01-30

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Tribelsky, Michael I
Flach, Sergej
Gorbach, A V
Miroshnichenko, Andrey
Kivshar, Yuri

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American Physical Society

Abstract

The conditions for observing Fano resonances at elastic light scattering by a single finite-size obstacle are discussed. General arguments are illustrated by consideration of the scattering by a small (relative to the incident light wavelength) spherical obstacle based upon the exact Mie solution of the diffraction problem. The most attention is paid to recently discovered anomalous scattering. An exactly solvable one-dimentional discrete model with nonlocal coupling for simulating diffraction in wave scattering in systems with reduced spatial dimensionality is also introduced and analyzed. Deep connections between the resonances in the continuous and discrete systems are revealed.

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Keywords: Diffraction; Light scattering; Mathematical models; One dimensional; Resonance; Discrete models; Discrete systems; Spatial dimensionality; Spherical obstacles; Collision avoidance

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Physical Review Letters 100.4 (2008): 043903/1-4

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Physical Review Letters

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