English

"Optical conductance fluctuations: diagrammatic analysis in Landauer approach and non-universal effects"

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

The optical conductance of a multiple scattering medium is the total transmitted light of a diffuse incoming beam. This quantity, very analogous to the electronic conductance, exhibits universal conductance fluctuations. We perform a detailed diagrammatic analysis of these fluctuations. With a Kadanoff-Baym technique all the leading diagrams are systematically generated. A cancellation of the short distance divergencies occurs, that yields a well behaved theory. The analytical form of the fluctuations is calculated and applied to optical systems. Absorption and internal reflections reduce the fluctuations significantly.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9412040,
  title  = {"Optical conductance fluctuations: diagrammatic analysis in Landauer approach and non-universal effects"},
  author = {M. C. W. van Rossum and Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen and R. Vlaming},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9412040},
  year   = {2009}
}

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25 pages Revtex 3.0, 18 seperate postscript figures