diff --git a/notes/radpower.lyx b/notes/radpower.lyx index 8ecf05c..8e5053b 100644 --- a/notes/radpower.lyx +++ b/notes/radpower.lyx @@ -543,6 +543,101 @@ reference "eq:Absorption is never negative in Dirac notation" is the power absorbed by the scatterer. \end_layout +\begin_layout Subsection +Lossless scatterer +\end_layout + +\begin_layout Standard +Radiation energy conserving scatterer is not very realistic, but it might + provide some simplifications necessary for developing the topological theory. +\end_layout + +\begin_layout Standard +A scatterer always conserves the radiation energy iff +\begin_inset Formula $W=0$ +\end_inset + +, i.e. + iff +\begin_inset Formula +\[ +\frac{T^{\dagger}T}{2}+\frac{T+T^{\dagger}}{4}=0. +\] + +\end_inset + + +\end_layout + +\begin_layout Subsubsection +Diagonal +\begin_inset Formula $T$ +\end_inset + +-matrix +\end_layout + +\begin_layout Standard +To get some insight into what does this mean, it might be useful to start + with a diagonal +\begin_inset Formula $T$ +\end_inset + +-matrix, +\begin_inset Formula $T_{mn}=t_{n}\delta_{mn}$ +\end_inset + + (valid for e.g. + a spherical particle). + Then for the +\begin_inset Formula $m$ +\end_inset + +-th matrix element we have +\begin_inset Formula +\[ +\left(\Re t_{n}\right)^{2}+\left(\Im t_{n}\right)^{2}+\Re t_{n}=0 +\] + +\end_inset + +or +\begin_inset Formula +\[ +\left(\Re t_{n}+\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2}+\left(\Im t_{n}\right)^{2}=\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2} +\] + +\end_inset + +which gives a relation between the real and imaginary parts of the scattering + coefficients. + There are two +\begin_inset Quotes eld +\end_inset + +extremal +\begin_inset Quotes erd +\end_inset + + real values, +\begin_inset Formula $t_{n}=0$ +\end_inset + + (no scattering at all) and +\begin_inset Formula $t_{n}=-1$ +\end_inset + +. + In general, the possible values lie on a half-unit circle in the complex + plane with the centre at +\begin_inset Formula $-1/2$ +\end_inset + +. + The half-unit disk delimited by the circle is the (realistic) lossy region, + while everything outside it represents (unrealistic) system with gain. +\end_layout + \begin_layout Section Multiple scattering \end_layout @@ -645,5 +740,11 @@ or, in the indexless notation for the whole system \end_layout +\begin_layout Standard + +\series bold +TODO +\end_layout + \end_body \end_document