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Chaotic scattering of microwaves
Author(s) -
Kottos Tsampikos,
Smilansky Uzy,
Fortuny Joaquim,
Nesti Giuseppe
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/1999rs900037
Subject(s) - microwave , chaotic scattering , scattering , chaotic , physics , computational physics , optics , computer science , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
In this paper we analyze a recent experiment conducted in an anechoic chamber, where the scattering of microwaves from an array of metallic cylinders was measured. This is a system which displays chaotic scattering in the short wave limit. The analysis of the experimental data is aimed at elucidating the effects of the underlying chaos. We describe a robust numerical method which provides the scattering matrix for any number of nonoverlapping reflecting cylinders. We use this method to calculate the scattering from one, two, and three cylinders and to compare the results in the numerical simulations with those obtained in the experiment. Both simulations and measurements validate the presented theory.