Tunable Fano resonances in transport through microwave billiards

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2004 Apr;69(4 Pt 2):046208. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.046208. Epub 2004 Apr 30.

Abstract

We present a tunable microwave scattering device that allows the controlled variation of Fano line shape parameters in transmission through quantum billiards. Transport in this device is nearly fully coherent. By comparison with quantum calculations, employing the modular recursive Green's-function method, the scattering wave function and the degree of residual decoherence can be determined. The parametric variation of Fano line shapes in terms of interacting resonances is analyzed.