Probability Distribution of Multiple Scattered Light Measured in Total Transmission

Johannes F. de Boer; M. C. W. van Rossum; Meint P. van Albada; Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen; Ad Lagendijk

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2567

Probability Distribution of Multiple Scattered Light Measured in Total Transmission

Johannes F. de Boer, M. C. W. van Rossum, Meint P. van Albada, Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen, and Ad Lagendijk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 2567 – Published 7 November 1994

Abstract

We report the first measurement of the distrubution function of the fluctuations on the total transmission of multiple scattered light. The shape of the distribution is predominantly Gaussian. A non-Gaussian contribution to the distribution function is found, caused by correlation in the cubed intensity. The scattering diagrams responsible for this new correlation are calculated without free parameters, and a good agreement is found between experiment and theory.

Received 19 April 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2567

Authors & Affiliations

Johannes F. de Boer¹, M. C. W. van Rossum¹, Meint P. van Albada², Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen¹, and Ad Lagendijk^1,2

¹van der Waals-Zeeman Laboratorium, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
²FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1089 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands