Maximal energy transport through disordered media with the implementation of transmission eigenchannels

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 581-585

  Kim, Moonseok ^a   Choi, Youngwoon ^a   Yoon, Changhyeong ^a   Choi, Wonjun ^a   Kim, Jaisoon ^b   Park, Q Han ^a   Choi, Wonshik ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; DISORDERED MEDIA; DISORDERED MEDIUM; ENERGY TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; HIGH TRANSMISSION; LASING THRESHOLD; PROPAGATION OF WAVES;

EID: 84866370890     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.159     Document Type: Article

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