Wave Scattering in Complex Media: From Theory to Applications: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Wave Scattering in Complex Media: From Theory to Applications Cargèse, Corsica, France 10–22 June 2002Bart A. van Tiggelen, Serguei Skipetrov A collection of lectures on a variety of modern subjects in wave scattering, including fundamental issues in mesoscopic physics and radiative transfer, recent hot topics such as random lasers, liquid crystals, lefthanded materials and time-reversal, as well as modern applications in imaging and communication. There is a strong emphasis on the interdisciplinary aspects of wave propagation, including light and microwaves, acoustic and elastic waves, propagating in a variety of "complex" materials (liquid crystals, media with gain, natural media, magneto-optical media, photonic and phononic materials, etc.). It addresses many different items in contemporary research: mesoscopic fluctuations, localization, radiative transfer, symmetry aspects, and time-reversal. It also discusses new (potential) applications in telecommunication, soft matter and imaging. |
Contents
LIGHT TRANSPORT IN COMPLEX PHOTONIC SYSTEMS | 3 |
PROPAGATION OF LIGHT IN STRONGLY DISORDERED PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND RANDOM LASERS | 21 |
WEAK LOCALISATION OF LIGHT BY ATOMS WITH QUANTUM INTERNAL STRUCTURE | 45 |
LIGHT PROPAGATION IN CHIRAL AND MAGNETOCHIRAL RANDOM MEDIA | 59 |
DIFFUSE WAVES IN NONLINEAR DISORDERED MEDIA | 75 |
CHAPTER II MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS AND LOCALIZATION | 99 |
COHERENT EFFECTS IN THE MULTIPLE SCATTERING OF LIGHT IN RANDOM MEDIA | 101 |
MESOSCOPIC DYNAMICS | 125 |
LOCAL FIELD STATISTIC AND PLASMON LOCALIZATION IN RANDOM METALDIELECTRIC FILMS | 343 |
RADIATIVE TRANSFER | 365 |
FROM MAXWELLS EQUATIONS TO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS | 367 |
TRANSFER OF TRAPPED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN AN ENSEMBLE OF RESONANT MESOSCOPIC SCATTERERS | 415 |
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS IN RADIATIVE TRANSFER | 461 |
OPTICS OF SOFT CONDENSED MATTER | 475 |
RADIATION TRANSFER IN NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS | 477 |
DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING IN CONFINED LIQUID CRYSTALS | 499 |
FIELD FLUCTUATION SPECTROSCOPY WITH MULTIPLY SCATTERED ULTRASONIC WAVES | 151 |
INTENSITY CORRELATIONS AND FLUCTUATIONS OF WAVES TRANSMITTED THROUGH RANDOM MEDIA | 175 |
SPECTRAL COHERENCE OF WAVE FIELDS IN RANDOM MEDIA | 189 |
PHOTON LOCALIZATION IN RESONANT MEDIA | 203 |
ANDERSON LOCALIZATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN CONFINED DISORDERED DIELECTRIC MEDIA | 213 |
LASER ACTION IN THE REGIME OF STRONG LOCALIZATION | 229 |
STATISTICS OF REFLECTED SPECKLE INTENSITIES ARISING FROM LOCALIZED STATES INSIDE THE GAP OF DISORDERED PHOTONI... | 241 |
ACOUSTIC TIME REVERSAL | 255 |
AUTOFOCALISATION COMMUNICATION AND SONOLUMINESCENCE WITH ACOUSTIC TIME REVERSAL | 257 |
WAVES IN METAMATERIALS | 281 |
3D PHONONIC CRYSTALS | 283 |
LEFTHANDED MATERIALS | 309 |
NEGATIVE INDEX COMPLEX METAMATERIALS | 331 |
OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND FLUCTUATIONS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS WITH ONEDIMENSIONAL LARGESCALE PERIODICITY | 519 |
LIGHT SCATTERING IN A DISPERSE LAYER WITH PARTIALLY ORDERED SOFT PARTICLES | 535 |
OPTICAL MICRORHEOLOGY OF SOFT COMPLEX MATERIALS | 553 |
WAVE SCATTERING IN NATURAL MEDIA | 565 |
COHERENT OPPOSITION EFFECT FOR DISCRETE RANDOM MEDIA | 567 |
IN MEDIA WITH CRACKS AND ELASTIC INCLUSIONS | 583 |
COMMUNICATION IN A DISORDERED WORLD | 595 |
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION WITH TIMEREVERSAL IN A MULTIPLE SCATTERING MEDIUM | 597 |
WIRELESS PROPAGATION OF OPTICAL CODED PULSE STREAMS THROUGH TURBID MEDIA | 607 |
ELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING BY DIELECTRIC MICROSPHERES FOR CBAND APPLICATIONS | 613 |
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absorption acoustic amplitude Anderson localization angle angular approximation average B.A. van Tiggelen band gap Barabanenkov beam boundary calculated chiral coefficient coherent backscattering Complex Media components correlation function corresponding density dependence described diagrams dielectric disordered distribution dynamics effect elastic electric field energy experimental experiments Figure fluctuations frequency Genack Green function group velocity incident intensity Lagendijk layer left-handed materials length Lett light scattering linear liquid crystal localization matrix mean free path measured mesoscopic mode multiple scattering negative nematic nonlinear obtained optical parameter particles permittivity photonic crystals Phys Physics plane polarization pulse r₁ radiation radiative transfer random laser random media reflection refractive index regime resonance sample scattering medium shown in Fig solution spatial speckle pattern statistics structure surface tensor theory time-reversal tion transfer equation transmission transmitted values velocity wave propagation Wave Scattering wave vector wavelength
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