Generalization of Wigner time delay to subunitary scattering systems

TY - JOUR

T1 - Generalization of Wigner time delay to subunitary scattering systems

AU - Chen, Lei

AU - Anlage, Steven M.

AU - Fyodorov, Yan V.

N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgments. We acknowledge Jen-Hao Yeh for early experimental work on complex time delays. This work was supported by AFOSR COE Grant No. FA9550-15-1-0171, NSF Grant No. DMR2004386, and ONR Grant No. N000141912481. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 American Physical Society. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/5

Y1 - 2021/5

N2 - We introduce a complex generalization of the Wigner time delay τ for subunitary scattering systems. Theoretical expressions for complex time delays as a function of excitation energy, uniform and nonuniform loss, and coupling are given. We find very good agreement between theory and experimental data taken on microwave graphs containing an electronically variable lumped-loss element. We find that the time delay and the determinant of the scattering matrix share a common feature in that the resonant behavior in Re[τ] and Im[τ] serves as a reliable indicator of the condition for coherent perfect absorption (CPA). By reinforcing the concept of time delays in lossy systems this work provides a means to identify the poles and zeros of the scattering matrix from experimental data. The results also enable an approach to achieving CPA at an arbitrary frequency in complex scattering systems.

AB - We introduce a complex generalization of the Wigner time delay τ for subunitary scattering systems. Theoretical expressions for complex time delays as a function of excitation energy, uniform and nonuniform loss, and coupling are given. We find very good agreement between theory and experimental data taken on microwave graphs containing an electronically variable lumped-loss element. We find that the time delay and the determinant of the scattering matrix share a common feature in that the resonant behavior in Re[τ] and Im[τ] serves as a reliable indicator of the condition for coherent perfect absorption (CPA). By reinforcing the concept of time delays in lossy systems this work provides a means to identify the poles and zeros of the scattering matrix from experimental data. The results also enable an approach to achieving CPA at an arbitrary frequency in complex scattering systems.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.L050203

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.L050203

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85107265135

SN - 2470-0045

VL - 103

JO - Physical review. E

JF - Physical review. E

IS - 5

M1 - L050203

ER -