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We formulate a multiple scattering theory of light in media spatially disordered along two directions and homogeneous along the third one, without making any paraxial approximation on the wave equation and fully treating the vector…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-06 Nicolas Cherroret

In many physical situations involving diverse length scales, waves or rays representing them travel through media characterized by spatially smooth, random, modest refactive index variations. "Primary" diffraction (by individual…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 Eric J Heller , Ragnar Fleischmann , Tobias Kramer

Cosmic ray (CR) transport is usually modeled with a single diffusion coefficient, but this description captures only the growth of the variance and not the full transport process. Distinct transport mechanisms can share the same effective…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-15 Naixin Liang , S. Peng Oh

We investigate a contaminant transport in fractal media with randomly inhomogeneous diffusion barrier. The diffusion barrier is a low permeable matrix with extremely rare high permeability pathways (punctures). At times, less than a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-08-12 Olga Dvoretskaya , Peter Kondratenko

An anisotropic random barrier model is presented, in which the transition probabilities in different directions have different probability density functions. At low temperatures, the anisotropic long--time diffusion coefficients, obtained…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 Sebastian Bustingorry

We report on a linear Langevin model that describes the evolution of the roughness of two interfaces that move towards each other and are coupled by a diffusion field. This model aims at describing the closing of the gap between two…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-07-27 Bastien Marguet , F. D. A. Aarão Reis , Olivier Pierre-Louis

Modality translation is inherently under-constrained, as multiple cross-modal mappings may yield the same marginals. Recent work has shown that diffusion bridges are effective for this task. However, most existing approaches rely on fully…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Eitan Kosman , Gabriele Serussi , Chaim Baskin

We introduce a non-exponential radiative framework that takes into account the local spatial correlation of scattering particles in a medium. Most previous works in graphics have ignored this, assuming uncorrelated media with a uniform,…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-05-14 Adrian Jarabo , Carlos Aliaga , Diego Gutierrez

We theoretically study the propagation of light in one-dimensional space- and time-dependent disorder. The disorder is described by a fluctuating permittivity $\epsilon(x,t)$ exhibiting short-range correlations in space and time, without…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-24 Alexandre Selvestrel , Julia Rocha , Rémi Carminati , Romain Pierrat

The well-known diffusion theory describes propagation of light and electromagnetic waves in complex media. While diffusion theory is known to fail both for predominant forward scattering or strong absorption, its precise range of validity…

Optics · Physics 2019-04-08 Maryna L. Meretska , Ravitej Uppu , Ad Lagendijk , Willem L. Vos

From the spread of pollutants in the atmosphere to the transmission of nutrients across cell membranes, anomalous diffusion processes are ubiquitous in natural systems. The ability to understand and control the mechanisms guiding such…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-01-04 E G Kostadinova , J L Padgett , C D Liaw , L S Matthews , T W Hyde

Information on social media spreads through an underlying diffusion network that connects people of common interests and opinions. This diffusion network often comprises multiple layers, each capturing the spreading dynamics of a certain…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Yan Xia , Ted Hsuan Yun Chen , Mikko Kivelä

Most of the physically based techniques for rendering translucent objects use the diffusion theory of light scattering in turbid media. The widely used dipole diffusion model (Jensen et al. 2001) applies the diffusion-theory formula derived…

Graphics · Computer Science 2010-11-16 Konstantin Kolchin

Transport properties of magnetic multilayers in current perpendicular to the plane of the layers geometry are defined by diffusive scattering in the bulk of the layers, and diffusive and ballistic scattering across the interfaces. Due to…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-31 Asya Shpiro

The impact of surface reflection on the statistics of transmission eigenvalues is a largely unexplored subject of fundamental and practical importance in statistical optics. Here, we develop a first-principles theory and confirm numerically…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2014-05-20 Xiaojun Cheng , Chushun Tian , Azriel Z. Genack

Mathematical models of motility are often based on random-walk descriptions of discrete individuals that can move according to certain rules. It is usually the case that large masses concentrated in small regions of space have a great…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-11-23 Carles Falcó

A novel principle is presented which allows for the proof of bounded weak solutions to a class of physically relevant, strongly coupled parabolic systems exhibiting a formal gradient-flow structure. The main feature of these systems is that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-11 Ansgar Jüngel

We investigate light propagation through materials with periodically modulated gain/loss profile in both transverse and longitudinal directions, i.e. in material with two-dimensional modulation in space. We predict effects of…

Optics · Physics 2008-11-27 K. Staliunas , R. Herrero , R. Vilaseca

We study the random walk of a particle in a compartmentalized environment, as realized in biological samples or solid state compounds. Each compartment is characterized by its length $L$ and the boundaries transmittance $T$. We identify two…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-12 Gorka Muñoz-Gil , Miguel Angel García-March , Carlo Manzo , Alessio Celi , Maciej Lewenstein

Every realistic instance of a percolation problem is faced with some degree of polydispersity, e.g., the pore-size distribution of an inhomogeneous medium, the size distribution of filler particles in composite materials, or the vertex…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-06-16 Fabian Coupette , Tanja Schilling