Title :
Transmission channels for light in absorbing random media
Author :
Seng Fatt Liew ; Popoff, Sebastien M. ; Mosk, Allard P. ; Vos, Willem L. ; Hui Cao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
We study numerically the effects of optical absorption on highly transmitting channels in strongly scattering media. We observe that they are robust against weak absorption. Surprisingly, in case of strong absorption diffusive transport becomes ballistic-like.
Keywords :
absorbing media; light absorption; light scattering; light transmission; random media; absorbing random media; absorption diffusive transport; highly transmitting channels; strongly scattering media; Absorption; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Interference; Matrix decomposition; Media; Scattering; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
