Coherent multiple light scattering in Faraday active materials

Coherent multiple light scattering in Faraday active materials

Wave propagation in multiple scattering media shows various kinds of coherent phenomena such as coherent backscattering [1,2] or Anderson localization [3], both of which are intimately connected to the concept of reciprocity. Manipulating reciprocity in such media is a powerful tool to study these phenomena in experiments [4]. Here we discuss the manipulation of reciprocity in reflection and tr...

Coherent and incoherent multiple scattering of light in seawater.

1 4 Ja n 19 99 Stokes parameters for light scattering from a Faraday - active sphere

We present an exact calculation for the scattering of light from a single sphere made of Faraday-active material, to first order in the external magnetic field. We use a recent expression for the T-matrix of a Mie scatterer in a magnetic field to compute the Stokes parameters in single scattering that describe completely flux and polarization of the scattered light.

Magneto-optical Faraday effect in multiple-scattering media

When waves get multiply scattered in 3D random media, a disorder driven phase transition from diffusion to localization can be observed. This phase transition was first predicted by P. W. Anderson for electronic systems [1]. For light waves, this transition was recently measured in 3D by Störzer et al. with time of flight measurements [2] and by Sperling et al. analyzing the 2D transmission pro...

Coherent multiple scattering in disordered media

These notes contain a rapid overview of the methods and results obtained in the field of propagation of waves in disordered media. The case of Schrödinger and Helmholtz equations are considered that describe respectively electrons in metals and scalar electromagnetic waves. The assumptions on the nature of disorder are discussed and perturbation methods in the weak disorder limit are presented....