SPEED OF LIGHT IN RANDOM-MEDIA

被引:86
作者
VANTIGGELEN, BA [1 ]
LAGENDIJK, A [1 ]
VANALBADA, MP [1 ]
TIP, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV AMSTERDAM,VAN DER WAALS ZEEMAN LAB,1018 XE AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 45卷 / 21期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.45.12233
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We give a microscopic derivation of the speed of light relevant for energy transport in media containing randomly distributed scatterers. A comparison is made with the concept of "mass-enhancement" in electron transport theory. The consequences for the Thouless criterion for strong localization are discussed. Finally, quantitative results are obtained for simple scatterers, such as semiclassical oscillators and dielectric spheres. We will also introduce some heuristic approaches and discuss the validity.
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页码:12233 / 12243
页数:11
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