Coupling of evanescent waves into propagation channels within two-dimensional random waveguides

TL;DR

This paper investigates how evanescent waves convert into propagating waves within two-dimensional random waveguides, revealing the roles of scattering matrix eigenvalues and medium disorder in this process.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of evanescent to propagating wave coupling using Green function and scattering-matrix theory, highlighting the influence of medium disorder.

Findings

Transmission depends on scattering matrix eigenvalues

Coupling strength affects wave transmission

Disorder strength influences wave transport

Abstract

The transformation from evanescent waves to propagation waves is the key mechanism for the realization of some super-resolution imaging methods. By using the recursive Green function and scattering-matrix theory, we investigated in details on the transport of evanescent waves through a random medium and analyzed quantitatively the coupling of evanescent channels to propagation channels. By numerical calculations, we found that the transmission for the incident evanescent channel is determined by both the eigenvalues of the scattering matrix and the coupling strength to the corresponding propagation channels in random medium, and the disorder strength of the random medium influences both of them.