Jacopo Bertolotti#PhysicsFactlet
A simple finite element simulation of a pulse scattering on a small (but not point-like) dielectric obstacle.
The scatterer behaves approximately as a re is a very faint halo of light going everywhere, but most light gets diffracted into something similar to a Airy Disk.
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I haven't made a single scientific animation in months. I just don't have the mental space right now.
But I am preparing a series of lectures on scattering for the Plasmonica 2026 School (www.
plasmonica.it/2026school/), and it feels like a good excuse to make a few new ones.
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