Theory of photon statistics and optical coherence in a multiple-scattering random-laser medium

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

Volumn 69, Issue 4 2, 2004, Pages

  Florescu, Lucia ^a   John, Sajeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

PHOTON DIFFUSION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM-LASER MEDIUM; RING LASER MEDIUM;

PHOTONS;

EID: 42749106819     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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