Experimental-evidence for recurrent multiple-scattering events of light in disordered media

Year: 1995

Authors: Wiersma D., Vanalbada MP., Vantiggelen BA., Lagendijk A.

Autors Affiliation: Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands; Van der Waals-Zeeman Laboratorium, Valckenierstraat 65-67, 1018 XE Amsterdam, Netherlands; Expérimentation Numérique, Maison de Magistères, CNRS, B.P. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

Abstract: The coherent backscattering of light from disordered samples was studied with a new technique, which allowed for a very accurate determination of the enhancement factor in exact backscattering. Using circularly polarized light, the enhancement factor in the polarization conserving channel was found to be 2.000.01 in the weak scattering regime and was found to drop gradually below this value for stronger scattering. We argue that this behavior of the enhancement factor is the first direct experimental manifestation of recurrent multiple scattering events.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 74 (21)      Pages from: 4193  to: 4196

KeyWords: coherent backscattering; weak localization; internal-reflection; propagation; transport
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4193

Citations: 186
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