Microscopic Theory for Multiple Light Scattering in Magnetic Fields

Details Microscopic Theory for Multiple Light Scattering in Magnetic Fields Microscopic Theory for Multiple Light Scattering in Magnetic Fields

1995-06-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9506126v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

44 pages PostScript, 9 figures

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We present a microscopic theory for multiple light scattering occurring in inhomogeneous 3D media subject to an external magnetic field. Magneto-optical effects (the Faraday effect and the Cotton-Mouton effect) occur inside the small inhomogeneities. We thereby take into account the spatial anisotropy, time-reversal-symmetry breaking and birefringence caused by the magnetic field, and discuss the consequences for the diffusion tensor and the polarization characteristics of the diffuse light. We will frequently compare our findings to a similar phenomenon in dilute polyatomic gases: the Beenakker-Senftleben effect. Coherent Backscattering and the field-field correlator $\left< E_i({\bf B}) \bar{E}_j({\bf 0}) \right>$ are addressed, which have both been obtained experimentally by the group of Maret {\em etal.}. All modifications in transport theory due to the magnetic field exhibit a rather sensitive dependence on the scattering phase shift of the individual scatterers.

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