Mesoscopic physics of photons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-112

  Akkermans, Eric Y ^a   Montambaux, Gilles ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PERMITTIVITY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SPECKLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; DIFFUSIVE WAVE SPECTROSCOPY; MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS; QUANTUM CROSSINGS; SPECKLE PATTERNS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0346007917     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000101     Document Type: Article

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