Cavity formation and light propagation in partially ordered and completely random one-dimensional systems

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 364-374

  Chang, Shih Hui ^a   Cao, Hui ^b   Ho, Seong Tiong ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity resonator; Electromagnetic propagation in random media; Electromagnetic scattering by periodic structure; Electromagnetic scattering by random media; Random laser; Random media

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

RANDOM SYSTEMS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037321980     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.807178     Document Type: Article

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