Phys. Rev. E 57, 3574 - 3578 (1998)Statistical properties of the cumulative phase of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through a waveguide with random scatterers |
A. Bulatov1,2, D. Livdan3, and Joseph L. Birman1
1Department of Physics, City College of CUNY, 138 Street at Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10026
2Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
3Department of Science, Borough of Manhattan Community College of CUNY, New York, New York 10007
Received 7 August 1997
We calculate the probability distribution function and the average of the cumulative phase of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the waveguide with randomly positioned dielectric scatterers. The average phase exhibits a crossover from linear to power-law behavior as a function of frequency. A detailed comparison with experimental results is made and a good agreement is found. Our results are consistent with the well-known observation that the scattering mean free path is of the order of the size of scatterers.
©1998 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v57/p3574
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.57.3574
PACS: 41.20.Jb
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