Electromagnetic phase differences in the coherent backscattering enhancement mechanism for random media consisting of large nontransparent spheres

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1562-1567

  Stankevich, Dmitriy ^a   Istomina, Larissa ^a   Shkuratov, Yuriy ^a,b   Videen, Gorden ^c,d  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ASTRONOMY   (Ukraine)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE; RAY TRACING; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHASE DIFFERENCES; FRESNEL EQUATIONS; NONTRANSPARENT SPHERES;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 34247503370     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.001562     Document Type: Article

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