Photocount statistics in mesoscopic optics
arXiv:cond-mat/0511402 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.103901
Abstract
We report the first observation of the impact of mesoscopic fluctuations on the photocount statistics of coherent light scattered in a random medium. Poisson photocount distribution of the incident light widens and gains additional asymmetry upon transmission through a suspension of small dielectric spheres. The effect is only appreciable when the average number <n> of photocounts becomes comparable or larger than the effective dimensionless conductance g of the sample.
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