Light Propagation in a Magnetic Field: Random Green Matrix Approach

• Authors: F. Pinheiro , M. Rusek , A. Orłowski , B. van Tiggelen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We studied the spectral properties of the matrices describing multiple scattering of electromagnetic waves from randomly distributed point-like magneto-optically active scatterers under an external magnetic field B. We showed that the complex eigenvalues of these matrices exhibit some universal properties such as the self-averaging behavior of their real parts, as in the case of scatterers without magneto-optical activity. However, the presence of magneto-optically active scatterers is responsible for a striking particularity in the spectra of these matrices: the splitting of the values of the imaginary part of their eigenvalues. This splitting is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field and can be interpreted as a consequence of the Zeeman splitting of the energy levels of a single scatterer.

Keywords

EN

42.25.Dd; 78.20.Ls

Discipline

• 42.25.Dd: Wave propagation in random media
• 78.20.Ls: Magneto-optical effects(for magneto-optical devices, see 85.70.Sq)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 105
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 339-347

Dates

published

2004-04

received

2003-11-05

accepted

2004-01-20

Contributors

author

F. Pinheiro

• CNRS/Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés, Université Joseph Fourier, Maison des Magistères, B.P. 166 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

author

M. Rusek

• Instytut Fizyki, Polska Akademia Nauk, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland

author

A. Orłowski

• Instytut Fizyki, Polska Akademia Nauk, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland

author

B. van Tiggelen

• CNRS/Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés, Université Joseph Fourier, Maison des Magistères, B.P. 166 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.105.339