PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTION OF MULTIPLE SCATTERED-LIGHT MEASURED IN TOTAL TRANSMISSION

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DEBOER, JF [1 ]
VANROSSUM, MCW [1 ]
VANALBADA, MP [1 ]
NIEUWENHUIZEN, TM [1 ]
LAGENDIJK, A [1 ]
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[1] FOM,INST ATOM & MOLEC PHYS,1089 SJ AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2567
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report the first measurement of the distribution function of the fluctuations on the total transmission of multiple scattered light. The shape of the distribution is predominantly Gaussian. A non-Gaussian contribution to the distribution function is found, caused by correlation in the cubed intensity. The scattering diagrams responsible for this new correlation are calculated without free parameters, and a good agreement is found between experiment and theory.
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页码:2567 / 2570
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