Saturation-induced coherence loss in coherent backscattering of light

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3 2, 2004, Pages

  Chaneliere T ^a   Wilkowski, D ^a   Bidel, Y ^b   Kaiser, R ^a   Miniatura, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; COHERENT LIGHT; LASER BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; WAVE EFFECTS;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; INELASTIC SCATTERING; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTICAL TRANSITION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 42749100544     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.036602     Document Type: Article

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