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On the Theory of Light Propagation through Disordered Solids. Scattering from Configurational Fluctuations
Author(s) -
Enderlein R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220890237
Subject(s) - physics , scattering , polarization (electrochemistry) , light scattering , condensed matter physics , classical mechanics , quantum electrodynamics , optics , chemistry
Abstract The propagation of light through disordered solids is studied from a general point of view. It is shown that the total scattered light consists of two parts corresponding to phase space fluctuations and configurational fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. A general microscopic expression for the differential cross‐section of scattering from configurational fluctuations is obtained. The theory is applied to a free electron gas with fluctuating density and a non‐interacting system of polarization oscillators with fluctuating resonance frequency.