Title :
Enhanced backscattering of vortex fields
Author :
Schwartz, C. ; Dogariu, A.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The effect of using an illumination beam with a phase screw dislocation (a so called optical vortex beam) on filtering the path lengths contributions to enhanced backscattering from random media was studied theoretically and demonstrated experimentally.
Keywords :
backscatter; light coherence; light scattering; optical vortices; random media; enhanced backscattering; illumination beam; optical vortex beam; phase screw dislocation; random media; Backscatter; Electromagnetic scattering; Fourier transforms; Lighting; Optical filters; Optical scattering; Optical vortices; Particle scattering; Random media; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548840
