Average transmission probability of a random stack

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/31/1/005zbMATH Open1423.78001arXiv0907.5557OpenAlexW1975142841WikidataQ62097204 ScholiaQ62097204MaRDI QIDQ3551052FDOQ3551052

Authors: Yin Lu, Christian Miniatura, Berthold-Georg Englert 

Publication date: 8 April 2010

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The transmission through a stack of identical slabs that are separated by gaps with random widths is usually treated by calculating the average of the logarithm of the transmission probability. We show how to calculate the average of the transmission probability itself with the aid of a recurrence relation and derive analytical upper and lower bounds. The upper bound, when used as an approximation for the transmission probability, is unreasonably good and we conjecture that it is asymptotically exact.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.5557

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric optics (78A05) Physical optics (78A10)

Cited In (2)

• TRANSPARENCY AND OPACITY FOR STACKS OF INHOMOGENEOUS SLABS
• Numerical simulations and analytic approximations of transmission through a random medium

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