Coherent reflectance in a system of random Mie scatterers and its relation to the effective-medium approach

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

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 296-311

  Barrera, Rubén G ^a   García Valenzuela, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERMITTIVITY; WAVE EQUATIONS;

SCALARS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042574204     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000296     Document Type: Article

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