Reflection and transmission of waves near the localization threshold

Year: 2000

Authors: van Tiggelen BA., Lagendijk A., Wiersma D.

Autors Affiliation: CNRS/Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés, Université Joseph Fourier, Maison des Magistères, B.P. 166, Grenoble Cedex 9, 38042, France; Van der Waals-Zeeman Laboratory, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65-67, Amsterdam, 1018 XE, Netherlands; European Laboratory for non-Linear Spectroscopy, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Largo E. Fermi 2, Florence, 50125, Italy

Abstract: A theory is presented for propagation of waves in bounded media near the mobility edge, based on the self-consistent theory for localization. It predicts a spatially inhomogeneous diffusion constant that leads to scale dependence in enhanced backscattering and transmission.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 84 (19)      Pages from: 4333  to: 4336

KeyWords: strongly scattering media; self-consistent theory; coherent backscattering; Anderson localization; multiple-scattering
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4333

Citations: 78
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