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Exact and distance-independent expressions for beam-shape coefficients (BSC's) in various cases are obtained. For a weakly focused beam in the two-dimensional (three-dimensional) case, the expression is shown equal (linearly related) to the value of the beam field at the distance of m/k ( ll+1 /k) from the origin, where m( l) is the azimuthal (principal) angular momentum number and k is the wavenumber. This provides a rigorous foundation for and a better understanding of the localization principle of van de Hulst. Furthermore, it gives corrections to the principle if the beam is more focused. With the knowledge of the asymptotic behavior of the positions and widths (or quality value) for the morphology-dependent resonances (MDR's) in Mie's scattering, the results are applied to discuss and answer questions regarding the excitation of high-Q MDR's by good collimated wave beams focused at positions essentially off the surface of the sphere. / Fu, Pengpeng = 波東形狀係數、局域化原理及米氏散射中的共振激發 / 傅芃芃. / Adviser: Hon Meng Lai. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-04, Section: B, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-81). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese. / Fu, Pengpeng = Bo dong xing zhuang xi shu, ju yu hua yuan li ji Mi shi san she zhong de gong zhen ji fa / Fu Pengpeng.

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A system consisting of a sphere sitting on a clean mirror was modeled as a two particle system: the real sphere and its image sphere, treating the mirror as a conducting plane. When the system was irradiated with a plane-polarized collimated laser beam with varying angles of incidence, the scattering from each particle was assumed to follow Mie's solution for light scattering by a sphere. Phase difference between the scattering by the real sphere and the one by its image sphere was assessed by the geometry of the model. The far field solutions from each of the spheres were added to yield a phase dependent intensity function. Another model assumed no phase correlation between the two and the intensities from each spheres were added. Also discussed is the Double Interaction Mode, which takes the mirror-sphere separation into consideration. These theoretical results were converted to Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Functions (BRDF). The theoretical as well as the empirical surface scattering from a good quality optical surface was introduced. The BRDF values thus calculated were added to the background scattering by the mirror since no interaction was assumed between the spheres and the rough metallic surface of the mirror. The test sample was prepared with polystyrene spheres with the nominal diameter of 0.984 μm on a high quality aluminum mirror. The BRDF data from this sample with 6328Å and 4416Å were compared with the one obtained with the model described above. The comparison strongly indicated that there existed no phase correlation between the scatterings by the two spheres. Determination of the sphere size and practical applicability for estimating the sphere number density on the surface are also discussed.

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Universiẗat, Diss., 2003--Osnabrück.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2003--Osnabrück.

Les métamatériaux, de par leurs propriétés originales de dispersion, sont de plus en plus étudiés. Cette thèse s’inscrit dans ce contexte en mettant un accent particulier sur les structures composites équilibrées, de faibles pertes, l’agilité et les résonances de Mie. Une structure dont le motif élémentaire a la forme d’une lettre oméga est proposée en satisfaisant la condition d’équilibre. La mesure expérimentale confirme une bande passante de 8 à 16 GHz avec un point d’indice nul à 13.6 GHz. Un raisonnement identique est appliqué afin de fabriquer un prototype fonctionnement en bande millimétrique. La bande main gauche est observée aux alentours de 80 GHz avec de faibles pertes d’insertion (0.5dB/cellule). L’agilité de cette structure peut être réalisée à l’aide de cristaux liquides nématiques. Des résonateurs à anneaux fendus (SRR) ont été rendus agiles par ce biais et montrent un décalage fréquentiel du pic de résonance d’environ 300 MHz par l’application d’un champ magnétique extérieur. Par la suite, la commande d’un prototype « main gauche » est aussi effectuée. Enfin, les résonances de Mie à travers des cubes de Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 (BST) sont étudiées afin de créer une particule magnétique isotrope. Cette voie permettant de synthétiser le magnétisme artificiel, une application d’amélioration de la directivité des antennes est ici montrée. De plus, un dispositif d’invisibilité en technologie « tout diélectrique » est étudié par calcul numérique. / Recently, metamaterial has attracted much attention due to unique property such as negative index. This thesis is devoted to various aspects of this field: left and right handed balanced structure, low loss, tunability and Mie resonance based metamaterial. An omega-like left and right handed balanced metamaterial was proposed following the guideline of equality of magnetic and electric plasma frequency. It is shown that this metamaterial exhibits a broad passband from 8.0 - 16.0 GHz with a transition frequency at 13.6 GHz between negative and positive index branches. Then, an omega-type left handed metamaterial (LHM) operating at millimeter wavelengths was fabricated. The left handed passband centered around 80 GHz was observed. The low insertion loss of -0.5 dB/cell may meet requirement of practical application. We studied tunable metamaterial based on nematic liquid crystal. Magnetically tunable split ring resonator shows a resonance dip shift of 300 MHz under external magnetic field. Then a tunable LHM was fabricated. Effective index variation of 0.25 arising from liquid crystal reorientation was found. Finally, we investigated Mie resonance based dielectric resonator and its related application. Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 (BST) cube exhibits isotropic magnetic resonance for tilted incidence. Besides, a thin layer of BST cubes can perform as an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) due to in-phase reflection around magnetic resonance. Such an AMC enhances directivity of antenna more than two times. In addition, a full dielectric cloak was also demonstrated numerically by radically positioning BST rectangular bricks.

The objectives of this study were to implement a system to measure mixing in nonreacting flows and to study the mass transfer characteristics of two actively excited turbulent jets. This thesis describes the acquisition and analysis of phase-locked concentration field data using planar Mie scattering from smoke particles and planar laser-induced fluorescence of acetone. Both techniques were shown to be effective in providing information for the actively excited nozzles. However, the laser-induced fluorescence technique was superior for revealing detail in the flowfield structure. Spatial mode control techniques were applied to a triangular nozzle with vibrating actuators as the three sides and a swirl nozzle with pulsating tangential air jets. The effect of the different spatial modes on jet column development and the far fields of both nozzles is presented. Two- and three-dimensional iso-intensity contours, showing the relative intensity of light scattered by the nozzle fluid marker, were generated to show the flow structure. The areas inside the iso-intensity contours in the far field were also measured to determine relative effectiveness of nozzle fluid transport. Large scale structures were visible in the three-dimensional iso-intensity contours from both nozzles. In addition, the transport of seeded nozzle fluid was enhanced by the spatial mode excitation for both nozzles. Spatial mode excitation was also able to affect the shape of the far field contour. In particular, the first counterrotating helical mode, m=±1, generated the greatest effect on nozzle fluid transport and the most pronounced elliptical contour shape in the far field. / Master of Science

Ce mémoire de thèse est consacré à l'étude, la fabrication et la caractérisation de métamatériaux en vue d'applications dans le domaine millimétrique et submillimétrique. Dans un premier temps, nous avons tenu à rappeler les propriétés remarquables ainsi que les processus physiques mis en jeux par cette nouvelle génération de matériaux. Le manuscrit regroupe essentiellement des résultats issus d’études réalisées sur différentes structures en microondes et en terahertz : métamatériaux composites, métamatériaux entièrement diélectriques à base de résonances de Mie, ouvertures sublongueur d’ondes basés sur la transmission extraordinaire assistée par plasmons de surface. Nos investigations ont permis d’ouvrir la voie à de multiples applications dans les domaines des capteurs et des télécommunications. / This PhD dissertation is dedicated to the study, fabrication and characterization of metamaterials for millimeter and submillimeter applications. First of all we proposed to remind the extraordinary properties and physical processes involving within this new generation of materials. The manuscript contains results obtained from studies performed on different categories of metamaterials at microwave and terahertz frequencies: composite metamaterials, all dielectric metamaterials based on Mie resonances, subwavelength apertures based on the extraordinary transmission assisted by surface Plasmon polaritons. Our investigations have contributed to open the path to multiple potential applications in the field of sensors and telecommunications.