Investigation of the noise-like structures of the total scattering cross-section of random media

Snow H. Tseng*, Allen Taflove, Duncan Maitland, Vadim Backman, Joseph T. Walsh

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Abstract

The pseudospectral time-domain (PSTD) algorithm is implemented to numerically solve Maxwell's equations to obtain the optical properties of millimeter-scale random media consisting of hundreds of micron-scale dielectric scatterers. Our methodology accounts for near-field interactions and coherent interference effects that are not easily modeled using other techniques. In this paper, we show that the total scattering cross-section (TSCS) of a cluster of closely packed scatterers exhibits a high-frequency oscillation structure, similar to noise. Furthermore, the characteristics and origin of such noise-like oscillation structure have been analyzed and determined based on first-principles.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6127-6132
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Express
Volume13
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 8 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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