Enhanced Backscattering Of Optical Waves Due To Densely Distributed Scatterers

Yushieh Ma; Vijay K Varadan; Vasundara V Varadan

doi:10.1117/12.945818

14 July 1988 Enhanced Backscattering Of Optical Waves Due To Densely Distributed Scatterers

Yushieh Ma, Vijay K Varadan, Vasundara V Varadan

Proceedings Volume 0927, Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945818
Event: 1988 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1988, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Recently, an interesting phenomenon has been reported as a result of a series of optical backscattering experiments conducted using collimated light sources (lasers). A locally high intensity maximum has been observed in the range of π-ε<θ<π + ε where e is of the order of milliradians and 0 = πit is the backscattering direction. Albeit similar phenomena found in backscattering from various random media, e.g., Anderson localization, light scattering from random rough surfaces, this is the first observation of enhanced backscattering from suspensions.

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Yushieh Ma, Vijay K Varadan, and Vasundara V Varadan "Enhanced Backscattering Of Optical Waves Due To Densely Distributed Scatterers", Proc. SPIE 0927, Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media, (14 July 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945818

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