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Diffuse Waves in Complex Media

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Pierre Fouque

    1. CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, France
      Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 531)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Localization of Waves

    • B. A. Van Tiggelen
    Pages 1-60

  3. Mathematical Theory of Localization

    • J. Lacroix
    Pages 61-71

  4. Localization of Light in Randomized Periodic Media

    • Abel Klein
    Pages 73-92

  5. Photonic Band Gap Materials

    • C. M. Soukoulis
    Pages 93-107

  6. High-Contrast Photonic Crystals

    • Alexander Figotin
    Pages 109-136

  7. Photon Statistics of a Random Laser

    • C. W. J. Beenakker
    Pages 137-164

  8. Spectra of Large Random Matrices: A Method of Study

    • E. Kanzieper, V. Freilikher
    Pages 165-211

  9. Optics of Ordered and Disordered Atomic Media

    • Rodney Loudon
    Pages 213-247

  10. Cold Atoms and Multiple Scattering

    • Robin Kaiser
    Pages 249-288

  11. Wave Scattering from Rough Surfaces

    • M. Nieto-Vesperinas, A. Madrazo
    Pages 289-317

  12. Acoustic Pulses Propagating in Randomly Layered Media

    • J. P. Fouque
    Pages 319-345

  13. Reflection and Transmission of Acoustic Waves by a Locally-Layered Random Slab

    • W. Kholer, G. Papanicolaou, B. White
    Pages 347-381

  14. Seismic Wave Diffusion in the Earth Lithosphere

    • M. Campillo, L. Margerin, N. M. Shapiro
    Pages 383-404

  15. Imaging and Averaging in Complex Media

    • Roel Snieder
    Pages 405-454

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 455-459
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The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Diffuse Waves in Complex Media was held at the "Centre de Physique des Houches" in France from March 17 to 27, 1998. The Schools' scientific content, wave propagation in heterogeneous me­ dia, has covered many areas of fundamental and applied research. On the one hand, the understanding of wave propagation has considerably improved during the last thirty years. New developments and concepts such as, speckle correlations, weak and strong localization, time reversal, near-field propagation are under active research. On the other hand, wave propagation in random media is now being investigated in many different fields such as applied mathematics, acoustics, optics, atomic physics, geo­ physics or medical sciences. Each community often uses its own langage to describe the same phenomena. The aim of the School was to gather worldwide specialists to illuminate various aspects of wave propagation in random media. This volume presents fourteen expository articles corresponding to courses and seminars given during the School. They are arranged as follows. The first three articles deal with the phenomena of localization of waves: B. van Tiggelen (p. 1) gives a critical review of the physics of localization, J. Lacroix (p. 61) presents the mathematical theory and A. Klein (p. 73) describes recent results for randomized periodic media.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, France

    Jean-Pierre Fouque

  • Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

    Jean-Pierre Fouque

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