• DocumentCode
    1769731
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988510