Abstract
The scattering of light from a disordered medium is considered. The effects of polarization and the transverse nature of the light on the coherent backscattering arising from weak localization phenomena are calculated. The angular line shape of the scattered light in an infinite medium and the reflected light from a half-space and a slab is found. The scattered light contains several components and the line shape is different from that found for scalar waves. The results are in qualitative agreement with recent experiments.
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Rayleigh scatteringPhysicsPolarization (electrochemistry)ScatteringOpticsLight scatteringSlabTransverse planeScalar (mathematics)Angular spectrum methodComputational physicsDiffractionGeometry
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- 34
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- 11
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- 7564-7572
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Michael J. Stephen,
Gabriel Cwilich
(1986).
Rayleigh scattering and weak localization: Effects of polarization.
Physical review. B, Condensed matter
, 34
(11)
, 7564-7572.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.34.7564
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- 10.1103/physrevb.34.7564