Resonant multiple scattering of light

Physics Report

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-215

  Lagendijk, Ad ^a,b   Van Tiggelen, Bart A ^c  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 0030144388     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0370-1573(95)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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