Abstract

Traditionally, chaos has been associated with a system’s trajectory in phase space or with the evolution of the system’s parameters through time. Previous investigations into chaotic scattering from electromagnetic radiation were undertaken by Jensen¹ who studied the trajectory of light rays inside a stadium-shaped cylinder, and by Doron et al.² who investigated microwave scattering from an elbow-shaped horn. In this presentation, we submit for what we believe to be the first time, a novel system whereby chaos can arise from the partial summation of an otherwise convergent infinite series.

© 1996 Optical Society of America