The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Out
Optical Society of America
July, 2009
Feynman, Photonics and
Communications
The S U Hologram
Fabricating these tiny objects is not easy
What are Photonic Crystals?
•Photonic crystals are periodic
optical nanostructures that are
designed to affect the motion of
photons
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
It can compress signals and focus them on a
desired target, ex: lithotripsy, targeted ads,
secure communications
Conventional waves disperse
when traveling through a medium
Communicating with
time reversal
source 2.8m
T – t0
detecto 2.4m
r
2.59m
A picture of what happens in
space
FWD
phas
e
1 2
BWD
phas
e
3 4
The Two Main Results of TR
From Long Time-Dispersion… From a State of Multiple Scattering…
Temporal Compression
Spatial Focusing
of the Acoustic Wave
to within λ/2
to the Initial Pulse
From original λ=2.6 cm
λ=1.29
red: original cm
blue: after TR
With TR The Bit Stream is
Recovered
Recompressed signal after TR
obtained at Rx
-1
+1
We Recover the Bit Stream: { 0, 1, 1+1
}
Computational Model
Wave Equation
Initial
Pulse Dirichlet
Reflecting
Neumann
Boundary
Conditions Absorbing
Initial ,
Conditions
Solve, We Use a FDTD Numerical Schem
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Waves in Empty Room with
Reflecting Walls
Close-up near source
Actual
Detector
Actual
Domain
Actual
Source
Image Sources due to Reflecting
Boundaries
Acoustic Field after TR in Enclosure with reflecting walls
Room with Multiple Detector
κ=1
Close-up near source
ZOOM
+
Enclosure with Multiple
Detectors
and Randomly-Placed
κ = 1Close-up near source
Scatterers
ZOOM
+
Room with Absorbing Boundaries
Field in the room at the Refocusing Time
ZOOM
+
Enclosure with Randomly-Placed
Scatterers and a Single Detector
ZOOM
+
Spatial Focusing after TR
a. b.
Ballisti Diffus
c e
Sectio Sectio
Normalized
n n
Field in
Enclosure
after TR
Wave Field
Around the
Source
Conclusions on TR Communications
Tx
LOCATION C
7 floors (roof)
COMMUNICATIONS IN INDOOR BUILDINGS
(UWB)
SECURE WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS THAT
REACH ONLY THE INTENDED
RECEIVER AND CANNOT BE
INTERCEPTED
UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC
COMMUNICATIONS
Antisubmarine warfare and underwater communications that benefit
from targeted signaling
IN THE BATTLEFIELD: LOCATING
SOLDIERS AND FINDING TANKS IN
COMPLICATED FOLIAGE SCENARIOS
cool
Woman doing science
science and
I want to study
biology
-Ana, age 14
I enjoy being in the
lab
thank you for showing me that A
Woman
Can do
Ximena, age 16
Science
Thank You for your
Attention
To engage people, we need to make science
easy to relate to, fun, relevant and personal
E+Sc+Ee=C 2
To engage people, we need to make science
easy to relate to, fun, relevant and personal
E+Sc+Ee=C 2
Cool Comprehension