Abstract
It is possible to exploit the frequency-dependent velocity dispersion inherent to waveguiding structures to deliver spatio-temporally focused energy to a spatial target anywhere along the longitudinal extent of a waveguide. Such focusing of energy may have application to technologies as varied as nerve stimulation or chemical etching. A waveguide signal that effects this focused energy is conceptualized and derived. The spatial location of the target acted upon by the waveguide signal is demonstrated to be dynamically adjustable with a linear filtering step. Optimal parameters for waveguide signal generation are derived in the general case, allowing for application to a cross section of homogeneous waveguides. Performance is also considered in non-ideal, absorptive media. Numerical simulations are presented that indicate agreement with analytic results, and an evaluation of possible reduction to practice is presented.
Keywords
filtering theory, Numerical analysis, Waveguides
Date of this Version
January 2010
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2009.2033310
Published in:
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 58,3 (2010) 1416-26;
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