On the extinction of radiation by a homogeneous but spatially correlated random medium: comment
JOSA A, Vol. 19, Issue 12, pp. 2517-2520 (2002)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.19.002517
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Abstract
Some extinction laws for radiation transmitted through inhomogeneous random media were discussed by Kostinski [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1929 (2001)] by means of a complicated use of concepts of statistical theory of fluids. We show that these extinction laws are readily obtained in terms of classical probability theory. The validity of exponential extinction laws for large observation distances (as compared with the size of inhomogeneities of a medium) is proven and emphasized. It is shown that Kostinski’s results turn out to be applicable to small observation distances only, for which the concept of extinction law is hardly applicable.
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OCIS Codes
(000.4930) General : Other topics of general interest
(010.1290) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric optics
(030.5620) Coherence and statistical optics : Radiative transfer
(030.6600) Coherence and statistical optics : Statistical optics
Citation
Anatoli Borovoi, "On the extinction of radiation by a homogeneous but spatially correlated random medium: comment," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 19, 2517-2520 (2002)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-19-12-2517
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