Transfer Matrices as Non-Unitary S-Matrices, Multimode Unidirectional Invisibility, and Perturbative Inverse Scattering
arXiv:1311.1619 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.89.012709
Abstract
We show that in one dimension the transfer matrix M of any scattering potential v coincides with the S-matrix of an associated time-dependent non-Hermitian 2 x 2 matrix Hamiltonian H(τ). If v is real-valued, H(τ) is pseudo-Hermitian and its exceptional points correspond to the classical turning points of v. Applying time-dependent perturbation theory to H(τ) we obtain a perturbative series expansion for M and use it to study the phenomenon of unidirectional invisibility. In particular, we establish the possibility of having multimode unidirectional invisibility with wavelength-dependent direction of invisibility and construct various physically realizable optical potentials possessing this property. We also offer a simple demonstration of the fact that the off-diagonal entries of the first Born approximation for M determine the form of the potential. This gives rise to a perturbative inverse scattering scheme that is particularly suitable for optical design. As a simple application of this scheme, we construct an infinite-range unidirectionally invisible potential.
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