Abstract

Using a combination of the stochastic Monte Carlo technique and the iteration procedure of the solution to the Bethe-Salpeter equation, it has been shown that the simulation of the optical path of a photon packet undergoing an n-th scattering event directly corresponds to the n-th order ladder diagram contribution. In this correspondence the Monte Carlo technique is generalized for the simulation of the coherent back-scattering and temporal correlation function of optical radiation scattered within the randomly inhomogeneous turbid medium with regard to the polarization of electromagnetic field. The results of simulation agree rather well with theoretical predictions of generalized Milne solution, as well as with the known experimental and numerical results.

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