Resonant-state-expansion Born approximation with a correct eigenmode normalisation

Abstract

The Born approximation (Born 1926 Z.Phys.38.802) is a fundamental result in physics, it allows the calculation of weak scattering via the Fourier transform of the scattering potential. As was done by previous authors (Ge et al 2014 New J. Phys. 16 113048) the Born approximation is extended by including in the formula the resonant-states (RSs) of the scatterer. However in this study unlike previous studies the included eigen-modes are correctly normalised with dramatic positive consequences for the accuracy of the method. The normalisation of the RSs used in the previous RSE Born approximation or resonant-state-expansion Born approximation made in Ge et al (2014 New J. Phys. 16 113048) has been shown to be numerically unstable in Muljarov et al (2014 arXiv:1409.6877) and by analytics here. The RSs of the system can be calculated using my recently discovered RSE perturbation theory for dispersive electrodynamic scatterers (Muljarov et al 2010 Europhys. Lett. 92 50010; Doost et al 2012 Phys, Rev. A 89; Doost et al 2014 Phys. Rev. A 90 013834) and normalised correctly to appear in the spectral Green's functions and hence the RSE Born approximation via the flux-volume normalisation which I recently rigorously derived in Armitage et al (2014 Phys. Rev. A 89), Doost et al (2014 Phys. Rev. A 90 013834)(2016 Phys. Rev. A 93 023835). In the case of effectively one-dimensional systems I find an RSE Born approximation alternative to the scattering matrix method.

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