Wave Scattering in Complex Media: From Theory to Applications

✍ Scribed by D. S. Wiersma, S. Gottardo, R. Sapienza, S. Mujumdar, S. Cavalieri, M. Colocci (auth.), Bart A. van Tiggelen, Sergey E. Skipetrov (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 628
• Series: NATO Science Series 107 Series II
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Light Transport in Complex Photonic Systems....Pages 2-20
Propagation of Light in Strongly Disordered Photonic Materials and Random Lasers....Pages 21-44
Weak Localisation of Light by Atoms with Quantum Internal Structure....Pages 45-58
Light Propagation in Chiral and Magnetochiral Random Media....Pages 59-74
Diffuse Waves in Nonlinear Disordered Media....Pages 75-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Coherent Effects in the Multiple Scattering of Light in Random Media....Pages 100-124
Mesoscopic Dynamics....Pages 125-150
Diffusing Acoustic Wave Spectroscopy: Field Fluctuation Spectroscopy with Multiply Scattered Ultrasonic Waves....Pages 151-174
Intensity Correlations and Fluctuations of Waves Transmitted through Random Media....Pages 175-187
Spectral Coherence of Wave Fields in Random Media....Pages 188-201
Photon Localization in Resonant Media....Pages 202-212
Anderson Localization of Electromagnetic Waves in Confined Disordered Dielectric Media....Pages 213-228
Laser Action In the Regime of Strong Localization....Pages 229-240
Statistics of Reflected Speckle Intensities Arising from Localized States Inside the GAP of Disordered Photonic Crystals....Pages 241-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Auto-Focalisation, Communication and Sonoluminescence with Acoustic Time Reversal....Pages 256-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
3D Phononic Crystals....Pages 282-307
Left-Handed Materials....Pages 308-329
Negative Index Complex Metamaterials....Pages 330-342
Local Field Statistic and Plasmon Localization in Random Metal-Dielectric Films....Pages 343-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Radiative Transfer Theory: From Maxwell’s Equations to Practical Applications....Pages 366-414
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Transfer of Trapped Electromagnetic Radiation in an Ensemble of Resonant Mesoscopic Scatterers....Pages 415-460
Boundary Conditions in Radiative Transfer....Pages 461-474
Front Matter....Pages 475-475
Radiation Transfer in Nematic Liquid Crystals....Pages 476-497
Dynamic Light Scattering in Confined Liquid Crystals....Pages 498-517
Optical Properties and Fluctuations in Liquid Crystals with One-Dimensional Large-Scale Periodicity....Pages 518-534
Light Scattering in a Disperse Layer with Partially Ordered Soft Particles....Pages 535-552
Optical Microrheology of Soft Complex Materials....Pages 553-564
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Coherent Opposition Effect for Discrete Random Media....Pages 566-582
Scattering of SH Waves in Media with Cracks and Elastic Inclusions....Pages 583-594
Front Matter....Pages 595-595
Digital Communication with Time-Reversal in a Multiple Scattering Medium....Pages 596-605
Wireless Propagation of Optical Coded Pulse Streams Through Turbid Media....Pages 606-612
Elastic Light Scattering by Dielectric Microspheres for C-Band Applications....Pages 613-618
Back Matter....Pages 619-622

✦ Subjects

Electrical Engineering; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Condensed Matter Physics