Hierarchical mean-field T operator bounds on electromagnetic scattering: Upper bounds on near-field radiative Purcell enhancement

We present a general framework, based on Lagrange duality, for computing physical bounds on a wide array of electromagnetic scattering problems. Namely, we show that, via projections into increasingly localized spatial clusters, the central equality of scattering theory—the definition of the T opera...

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Main Authors: Sean Molesky, Pengning Chao, Alejandro W. Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-12-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043398