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Speckle Evolution of Diffusive and Localized Waves

Sheng Zhang, Bing Hu, Patrick Sebbah, and Azriel Z. Genack
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063902 – Published 6 August 2007
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Abstract

We show that while the statistics of static speckle patterns are generic, fluctuations in the change within speckle patterns are greatly enhanced in the localization transition. The probability distributions of the displacement of phase singularities and the standard deviations of the changes of phase and intensity with frequency shift of incident microwave radiation are given in terms of the same expression which describes the probability distribution of total transmission. This function depends only upon a single parameter, the variance of the corresponding variable. The changing statistics in the localization transition reflects the number of underlying electromagnetic modes with which the incident wave interacts.

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  • Received 14 November 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.063902

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Sheng Zhang1, Bing Hu1, Patrick Sebbah1,2, and Azriel Z. Genack1

  • 1Department of Physics, Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11365, USA
  • 2Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée/CNRS, Université de Nice–Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108, Nice Cedex 02, France

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Vol. 99, Iss. 6 — 10 August 2007

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