NONPERTURBATIVE CALCULATION OF THE PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTION OF PLANE-WAVE TRANSMISSION THROUGH A DISORDERED WAVE-GUIDE

Authors
VANLANGEN SA BROUWER PW BEENAKKER CWJ
Citation
Sa. Vanlangen et al., NONPERTURBATIVE CALCULATION OF THE PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTION OF PLANE-WAVE TRANSMISSION THROUGH A DISORDERED WAVE-GUIDE, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 53(2), 1996, pp. 1344-1347
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
53
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1344 - 1347
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1996)53:2<1344:NCOTPO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A nonperturbative random-matrix theory is applied to the transmission of a monochromatic scalar wave through a disordered waveguide. The pro bability distributions of the transmittances T-mn and T-n = Sigma(m)T( mn) of an incident mode n are calculated in the thick-waveguide limit, for broken time-reversal symmetry. A crossover occurs from Rayleigh o r Gaussian statistics in the diffusive regime to lognormal statistics in the localized regime. A qualitatively different crossover occurs if the disordered region is replaced by a chaotic cavity.