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 2002

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Bart A. van Tiggelen, Serguei Skipetrov
Springer Science & Business Media, Jul 31, 2003 - Technology & Engineering - 622 pages
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
Subject Index
619
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