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Experimental Microwave Scattering in Polygonal Billiards.

R B do Carmo¹, F M de Aguiar²

¹Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Física, Recife, PE 50670-901, Brazil.

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Scattering fluctuations in microwave billiards showed no dependence on shape. Results align with theories predicting universal behavior in lossless cavities, with unique statistics at higher absorption levels.

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Area of Science:

Physics
Quantum Chaos
Microwave Engineering

Background:

Investigating wave propagation in complex systems.
Understanding statistical properties of scattering matrices in chaotic systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To experimentally investigate scattering matrix fluctuations in polygonal and chaotic microwave billiards.
To explore the influence of geometry, coupling, and absorption on scattering properties.

Main Methods:

Experimental measurements of one-port scattering and impedance matrices.
Varying coupling and absorption levels at different temperatures (room temperature and 77 K).
Analysis of reflection coefficient, scattering matrix phase, resistance, and reactance distributions.

Main Results:

Scattering fluctuations were independent of billiard geometry (polygonal vs. chaotic).
Results at low frequencies matched theoretical predictions for universal scattering statistics in lossless cavities.
Unique scattering statistics were observed at higher absorption levels, influenced by experimental limitations.

Conclusions:

Billiard geometry does not uniquely determine scattering fluctuations in the investigated systems.
Experimental findings support theoretical models predicting universal behavior in lossless cavities.
Higher absorption levels introduce unique scattering statistics, highlighting experimental constraints.