Van Tiggelen B.A., Skipetrov S.E. (eds.) Wave Scattering in Complex Media: From Theory to Applications

Springer, 2003. - 622 pp.
A collection of lectures on a variety of modern subjects in wave scattering, including fundamental issues in mesoscopic physics and radiative transfer, recent hot topics such as random lasers, liquid crystals, lefthanded materials and time-reversal, as well as modern applications in imaging and communication.
There is a strong emphasis on the interdisciplinary aspects of wave propagation, including light and microwaves, acoustic and elastic waves, propagating in a variety of "complex" materials (liquid crystals, media with gain, natural media, magneto-optical media, photonic and phononic materials, etc.). It addresses many different items in contemporary research: mesoscopic fluctuations, localization, radiative transfer, symmetry aspects, and time-reversal. It also discusses new (potential) applications in telecommunication, soft matter and imaging.Waves in Complex Media
Light Transport in Complex Photonic Systems (by D.S. Wiersma, S. Gottardo, R. Sapienza, S. Mujumdar, S. Cavalieri, M. Colocci, R. Righini, L. dal Negro, C. Oton, M. Ghulinyan, Z. Gaburro, L. Pavesi, F. Aliev, P.M. Johnson, A. Lagendijk, and W.L. Vos).
Propagation of Light in Strongly Disordered Photonic Materials and Random Lasers (by P. Lodahl, G. van Soest, J. Gomez Rivas, R. Sprik, and A. Lagendijk).
Weak Localisation of Light by Atoms with Quantum Internal Structure (by C.A. Muller and C. Miniatura).
Light Propagation in Chiral and Magnetochiral Random Media (by F.A. Pinheiro and B.A. van Tiggelen).
Diffuse Waves in Nonlinear Disordered Media (by S.E. Skipetrov and R. Maynard).
Mesoscopic Physics and Localization
Coherent Effects in the Multiple Scattering of Light in Random Media (by E. Akkermans and G. Montambaux).
Mesoscopic Dynamics (by A.Z. Genack, A.A. Chabanov, P. Sebbah, and B.A. van Tiggelen).
Diffusing Acoustic Wave Spectroscopy: Field Fluctuation Spectroscopy with Multiply Scattered Ultrasonic Waves (by J.H. Page, M.L. Cowan, D.A. Weitz, and B.A. van Tiggelen).
Intensity Correlations and Fluctuations of Waves Transmitted through Random Media (by J.J. Saenz, L.S. Froufe-Perez, and A. Garcia-Martin).
Spectral Coherence of Wave Fields in Random Media (by G. Samelsohn and V. Freilikher).
Photon Localization in Resonant Media (by A. A. Chabanov and A.Z. Genack).
Anderson Localization of Electromagnetic Waves in Confined Disordered Dielectric Media (by M. Rusek and A. Orlowski).
Laser Action in the Regime of Strong Localization (by M. Pacilli, P. Sebbah, and C. Vanneste).
Statistics of Reflected Speckle Intensities Arising from Localized States Inside the Gap of Disordered Photonic Crystals (by Z.-Q. Zhang and X. Zhang).
Acoustic Time Reversal
Auto-Focalisation, Communication and Sonoluminescence with Acoustic Time Reversal (by M. Fink, A. Tourin, and J. de Rosny).
Waves in Metamaterials
3D Phononic Crystals (by J.H. Page, S. Yang, M.L. Cowan, Z. Liu, C.T. Chan, and P. Sheng).
Left-Handed Materials (by P. Markos and C.M. Soukoulis).
Negative Index Complex Metamaterials (by M. Nieto- Vesperinas and N. Garcia).
Local Field Statistics and Plasmon Localization in Random Metal-Dielectric Films (by D.A. Genov, A.K. Sarychev, and V.M. Shalaev).
Radiative Transfer
Radiative Transfer Theory: From Maxwell's Equations to Practical Applications (by M.L Mishchenko).
Transfer of Trapped Electromagnetic Radiation in an Ensemble of Resonant Mesoscopic Scatterers (by Yu.N. Barabanenkov).
Boundary Conditions in Radiative Transfer (by V.L. Kuzmin).
Optics of Soft Condensed Matter
Radiation Transfer in Nematic Liquid Crystals (by V.P. Romanov).
Dynamic Light Scattering in Confined Liquid Crystals (by M. Copic and A. Mertelj).
Optical Properties and Fluctuations in Liquid Crystals with One-Dimensional Large-Scale Periodicity (by E.V. Aksenova, V.P. Romanov, and A.Yu. Val'kov).
Light Scattering in a Disperse Layer with Partially Ordered Soft Particles (by V.A. Loiko and V. V. Berdnik).
Optical Microrheology of Soft Complex Materials (by F. Scheffold, F. Cardinaux, S. Romer, P. Schurtenberger, S.E. Skipetrov, and L. Cipelletti).
Wave Scattering in Natural Media
Coherent Opposition Effect for Discrete Random Media (by P. V. Litvinov, V.P. Tishkovets, Karri Muinonen, and G. Videen).
Scattering of SH waves in Media with Cracks and Elastic Inclusions (by U. Iturrardn-Viveros and F.J. Sdnchez-Sesma).
Communication in a Disordered World
Digital Communication with Time-Reversal in a Multiple Scattering Medium (by A. Tourin, A. Derode, J. de Rosny, M. Tanter, and M. Fink).
Wireless Propagation of Optical Coded Pulse Streams through Turbid Media (by X.H. Ni, Q.R. Xing, W. Cai, and R.R. Alfano).
Elastic Light Scattering by Dielectric Microspheres for C-Band Applications (by T. Bilici, S. Isci, A. Kurt, and A. Serpenguzel).