Coherent backscattering of Raman light

Nature Photonics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 170-176

  Fazio, Barbara ^a,h   Irrera, Alessia ^a,h   Pirotta, Stefano ^b   D'Andrea, Cristiano ^a   Del Sorbo, Salvatore ^c   Josè Lo Faro, Maria ^b   Gucciardi, Pietro Giuseppe ^a   Iatì, Maria Antonia ^a   Saija, Rosalba ^e   Patrini, Maddalena ^b   Musumeci, Paolo ^a,b   Salvatore Vasi, Cirino ^a   Wiersma, Diederik S ^f,g,h   Galli, Matteo ^b   Priolo, Francesco ^a,c,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c CSFNSM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e SASSUniversità Degli Studi di Firenze   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^g SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^h IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INELASTIC SCATTERING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COHERENCE LENGTHS; COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DIFFUSION PROCESS; PHASE COHERENCE; SCATTERING PROCESS; SILICON NANOWIRES; THEORETICAL MODELING;

COHERENT SCATTERING;

EID: 85010976078     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2016.278     Document Type: Article

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