Title :
Collective scattering of light from suspensions of Rayleigh particles
Author :
Robb, G.R.M. ; McNeill, B.W.J. ; Wiggins, S.M. ; Firth, W.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
We show that suspensions of dielectric Rayleigh particles illuminated by a laser can spontaneously self-organise to produce strong collective amplification of a backscattered field together with a large wavelength-scale particle density modulation.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; dielectric materials; suspensions; Rayleigh particles; backscattered field; collective amplification; collective light scattering; dielectric particles; particle density modulation; suspensions; Dielectrics; Light scattering; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Physics; Rayleigh scattering; Stimulated emission; Suspensions;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314056
