ANGULAR INTENSITY CORRELATIONS IN REFLECTION OF LIGHT FROM A RANDOM MEDIUM

Authors
ROGOZKIN DB
Citation
Db. Rogozkin, ANGULAR INTENSITY CORRELATIONS IN REFLECTION OF LIGHT FROM A RANDOM MEDIUM, Physics letters. A, 236(1-2), 1997, pp. 159-166
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
236
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
159 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1997)236:1-2<159:AICIRO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The correlation of the angular reflection coefficients and their whole distribution function are studied. The intensity fluctuations for dif ferent directions are shown to be negatively correlated. A deviation o f the distribution function from the Rayleigh law indicates that large fluctuations of the reflected intensity are suppressed. All these pec uliarities result from the constraints imposed by conservation of the energy flux. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.