Light transport in chiral and magnetochiral random media
JOSA A, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 99-105 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.20.000099
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Abstract
We present a microscopic approach to study electromagnetic wave propagation in media with broken mirror symmetry. We introduce and calculate the transport mean free path lC* associated with the residual polarization of diffuse light in chiral systems. In chiral media subject to an external magnetic field B, all symmetry requirements exist to create a macroscopic “super” light current in the direction of B that persists even in the absence of a spatial photon density gradient. However, we show that such a current is identically zero in our model. We finally show the existence of a linear magnetotransmission in magnetochiral media.
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OCIS Codes
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(350.5500) Other areas of optics : Propagation
Citation
Felipe A. Pinheiro and Bart A. van Tiggelen, "Light transport in chiral and magnetochiral random media," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 20, 99-105 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-20-1-99
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