Electrical generation of stationary light in random scattering media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 214-222

  Redmond, S M ^a   Armstrong, G L ^a   Chan, H Y ^a   Mattson, E ^a   Mock, A ^a   Li, B ^a   Potts, J R ^a   Cui, M ^b   Rand, S C ^a   Oliveira, S L ^c   Marchal, J ^b   Hinklin, T ^b   Laine, R M ^b  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIGHT VELOCITY;

ELECTRICAL GENERATION; RANDOM ELASTIC SCATTERING; RANDOM SCATTERING MEDIA; STATIONARY LIGHT;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0346639082     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000214     Document Type: Article

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