On the extinction of radiation by a homogeneous but spatially correlated random medium

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1929-1933

  Kostinski, Alexander B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTONS; POISSON EQUATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

INCOHERENT RADIATION;

LIGHT EXTINCTION;

EID: 0001526768     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.001929     Document Type: Article

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