Coherent Backscattering and Anderson Localization of Light

Progress in Optics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-62

  Aegerter, Christof M ^a   Maret, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anderson localization; coherent backscattering; Faraday effect; speckle pattern; time of flight

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149142808     PISSN: 00796638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6638(08)00003-6     Document Type: Review

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