Transport theory for light propagation in random media

被引:1
|
作者
Kim, AD [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Merced, Sch Nat Sci, Merced, CA 95344 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1117/12.557529
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We review the theory of the radiative transport equation governing the radiance in a random medium. Using symmetry and orthogonal properties of plane wave solutions, we can compute readily the Green's function for a uniform medium. We use this Green's function to develop a general theory for inhomogeneous media analogous to scattering theory for classical wave propagation.
引用
收藏
页码:79 / 86
页数:8
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [11] QUANTUM THEORY OF LIGHT PROPAGATION IN AMPLIFYING MEDIA
    FOERSTER, TV
    GLAUBER, RJ
    PHYSICAL REVIEW A-GENERAL PHYSICS, 1971, 3 (04): : 1484 - +
  • [12] THEORY OF PROPAGATION OF COHERENT LIGHT IN RESONANT MEDIA
    SAMARTSEV, VV
    KURKIN, , NN
    OPTIKA I SPEKTROSKOPIYA, 1972, 32 (03): : 413 - +
  • [13] Transport theory for light propagation in biological tissue
    Kim, AD
    JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION, 2004, 21 (05) : 820 - 827
  • [14] A TRANSPORT THEORY OF NEUTRON WAVE PROPAGATION IN POLYCRYSTALLINE MEDIA
    DUDERSTADT, JJ
    NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 1968, 33 (01) : 119 - +
  • [15] RANDOM-WALK THEORY FOR DISPERSIVE TRANSPORT IN RANDOM-MEDIA
    SRIVASTAVA, V
    CHATURVEDI, M
    JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, 1983, 56 (1-3) : 375 - 379
  • [16] Propagation of light in doped media with regular and random distributed clusters
    Ghiner, AV
    Sombra, ASB
    Surdutovich, GI
    COHERENCE AND QUANTUM OPTICS VII, 1996, : 433 - 434
  • [17] HOMOGENIZATION AND CORRECTOR THEORY FOR LINEAR TRANSPORT IN RANDOM MEDIA
    Bal, Guillaume
    Jing, Wenjia
    DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, 2010, 28 (04) : 1311 - 1343
  • [18] THEORY OF LIGHT-BEAM PROPAGATION IN NONLINEAR MEDIA
    DYSHKO, AL
    LUGOVOI, VN
    OPTICA ACTA, 1976, 23 (06): : 483 - 497
  • [19] Statistical theory for incoherent light propagation in nonlinear media
    Hall, B
    Lisak, M
    Anderson, D
    Fedele, R
    Semenov, VE
    PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2002, 65 (03):
  • [20] Canonical quantum theory of light propagation in amplifying media
    Jeffers, J
    Barnett, SM
    Loudon, R
    Matloob, R
    Artoni, M
    OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1996, 131 (1-3) : 66 - 71