Animation of changing incoming wavefront

straight-line trajectory through rectangular cavity
The animation shows a scattering state that follows a classical straight-line trajectory through a rectangular cavity with changing angle of incidence. The procedure outlined in our article allows the construction of such a state by appropriately changing the incoming wavefront. The last two frames show the transition from such a beamlike state (as in geometric optics) to a diffracted wave (as in wave optics).

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