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Intensity distribution for waves in disordered media: Deviations from Rayleigh statistics

A. D. Mirlin, R. Pnini, and B. Shapiro
Phys. Rev. E 57, R6285(R) – Published 1 June 1998
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Abstract

We study the intensity distribution function P(I) for monochromatic waves propagating in a quasi-one-dimensional disordered medium, assuming that a point source and a point detector are embedded in the bulk of the medium. We find deviations from the Rayleigh statistics at moderately large I and a logarithmically normal asymptotic behavior of P(I). When the radiation source and the detector are located close to the opposite edges of the sample (on a distance much less then the sample length), an intermediate regime with a stretched exponential behavior of P(I) emerges.

  • Received 20 March 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R6285

©1998 American Physical Society

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A. D. Mirlin1, R. Pnini2, and B. Shapiro3

  • 1Institute für Theorie der Kondensirerten Materie, Universität Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153, Japan
  • 3Department of Physics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel

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Vol. 57, Iss. 6 — June 1998

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