Journals and Proceedings ? Brought to you by The Optical Society

Optics Express

Optics Express

| THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF OPTICS

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 17, Iss. 13 — Jun. 22, 2009
  • pp: 10466–10471

Optics InfoBase > Optics Express > Volume 17 > Issue 13 > Page 10466

Fluctuations of scattered waves: going beyond the ensemble average

J. Broky, K. M. Douglass, J. Ellis, and A. Dogariu

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 13, pp. 10466-10471        doi:10.1364/OE.17.010466

» View Full Text: Acrobat PDF (258 KB)

  • OCIS Codes:
  • (030.6600) Coherence and statistical optics : Statistical optics
  • (290.1990) Scattering : Diffusion
ToC Category:
Coherence and Statistical Optics

Citation
J. Broky, K. M. Douglass, J. Ellis, and A. Dogariu, "Fluctuations of scattered waves: going beyond the ensemble average," Opt. Express 17, 10466-10471 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-13-10466

Click for help

Abstract

The interaction between coherent waves and random media is a complicated, deterministic process that is usually examined upon ensemble averaging. The result of one realization of the interaction process depends on the specific disorder present in an experimentally controllable interaction volume. We show that this randomness can be quantified and structural information not apparent in the ensemble average can be obtained. We use the information entropy as a viable measure of randomness and we demonstrate that its rate of change provides means for discriminating between media with identical mean characteristics.

© 2009 Optical Society of America

» View Full Text: Acrobat PDF (258 KB)

History
Original Manuscript: March 26, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: June 3, 2009
Revised Manuscript: May 12, 2009
Published: June 8, 2009

References

  1. P. A. Lee and A. D. Stone, "Universal Conductance Fluctuations in Metals," Phys. Rev. Lett. 55(15), 1622-1625 (1985). [CrossRef]
  2. S. Feng, C. Kane, P. A. Lee, and A. D. Stone, "Correlations and Fluctuations of Coherent Wave Transmission through Disordered Media," Phys. Rev. Lett. 61(7), 834-837 (1988). [CrossRef]
  3. S. Etemad, R. Thompson, and M. J. Andrejco, "Weak localization of photons: universal fluctuations and ensemble averagign," Phys. Rev. Lett. 57(5), 575-578 (1986). [CrossRef]
  4. M. Kaveh, M. Rosenbluh, I. Edrei, and I. Freund, "Weak Localization and Light Scattering from Disordered Solids," Phys. Rev. Lett. 57(16), 2049-2052 (1986). [CrossRef]
  5. B. Shapiro, "Large Intensity Fluctuations for Wave Propagation in Random Media," Phys. Rev. Lett. 57(17), 2168-2171 (1986). [CrossRef]
  6. M. J. Stephen and G. Cwilich, "Intensity correlation functions and fluctuations in light scattered from a random medium," Phys. Rev. Lett. 59(3), 285-287 (1987). [CrossRef]
  7. J. W. Goodman, Speckle Phenomena in Optics, 1st ed. (Roberts & Co., Englewood, 2007).
  8. A. Ishimaru, Wave Propagation and Scattering in Random Media, vol. 1 (Academic, New York, 1971).
  9. C. E. Shannon, "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," Bell Syst. Tech. J. 27, 379-423, 623-656 (1948).
  10. G. Popescu and A. Dogariu, "Scattering of low coherence radiation and applications," Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 32(2), 73-93 (2005). [CrossRef]
  11. G. Popescu and A. Dogariu, "Optical path-length spectroscopy of wave propagation in random media," Opt. Lett. 24(7), 442-444 (1999). [CrossRef]
  12. A. H. Gandjbakhche and G. H. Weiss, "Random walk and diffusion-like model of photon migration in turbid media," Prog. in Opt. 34, 333-402 (1995). [CrossRef]
  13. A. Apostol, D. Haefner, and A. Dogariu, "Near-field characterization of effective optical interfaces," Phys. Rev. E 74(6), 066603-6 (2006). [CrossRef]
  14. E. Hartveit and M. L. Veruki, "Studying properties of neurotransmitter receptors by non-stationary noise analysis of spontaneous postsynaptic currents and agonist-evoked responses in outside-out patches," Nature Protocols 2(2), 434-448 (2007). [CrossRef]

Author Affiliations

J. Broky, K. M. Douglass, J. Ellis

ucf

A. Dogariu

University of Central Florida

Cited By

OSA is able to provide readers links to articles that cite this paper by participating in CrossRef's Cited-By Linking service. In addition to listing OSA journal articles that cite this paper, citing articles from other participating publishers will also be listed.

Click for help

 

OSA is a member of CrossRef.

CrossCheck Deposited



Advanced Search

Recent ToC Categories (Beta)

Browse Journals / Lookup Meetings

Browse by Journal and Year


   


Lookup Conference Papers

More News