THE VECTOR MEMORY EFFECT FOR WAVES

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作者
BERKOVITS, R [1 ]
KAVEH, M [1 ]
机构
[1] BAR ILAN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,RAMAT GAN,ISRAEL
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1990年 / 13卷 / 02期
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10.1209/0295-5075/13/2/001
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We examine the role of the vector nature of optical waves on the memory effect. We show that unlike the situation for scalar waves, the time-reversed memory effect is not symmetric for polarizations which are arranged in a crossed configuration. It is also shown that including single scattering into the theory leads to a striking phenomenon-the appearance of a dip in the memory effect. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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