Diffusion in translucent media
Despite the universal nature of diffusion, the behavior of light transport in optically thin media has remained unclear. Here the authors show that the description of this behavior in translucent media has the same form as in opaque media, even at length scales far below the mean free path.
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2018-05-01
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| author | Zhou Shi Azriel Z. Genack |
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| description | Despite the universal nature of diffusion, the behavior of light transport in optically thin media has remained unclear. Here the authors show that the description of this behavior in translucent media has the same form as in opaque media, even at length scales far below the mean free path. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8572cbbb6e2e440e8c0bafd710232dc12022-12-21T20:28:48ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-05-01911810.1038/s41467-018-04242-4Diffusion in translucent mediaZhou Shi0Azriel Z. Genack1Department of Physics, Queens College and Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkDepartment of Physics, Queens College and Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkDespite the universal nature of diffusion, the behavior of light transport in optically thin media has remained unclear. Here the authors show that the description of this behavior in translucent media has the same form as in opaque media, even at length scales far below the mean free path.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04242-4 |
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| title | Diffusion in translucent media |
| title_full | Diffusion in translucent media |
| title_fullStr | Diffusion in translucent media |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diffusion in translucent media |
| title_short | Diffusion in translucent media |
| title_sort | diffusion in translucent media |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04242-4 |
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