Superfluorescence of Photonic Paint
arXiv:cond-mat/9801156 · doi:10.1134/1.558488
Abstract
We consider the cooperative decay of incoherently pumped atoms in a disordered medium, where light undergoes multiple scattering. It is shown that the cooperation number, which determines the duration and amplitude of superfluorescent impulses, is given by the number of atoms along a diffusive trajectory of the light propagating through the medium. We also consider the problem of reflection of a probe wave during cooperative emission.
arXiv comment12 pages, latex, to be published in Sov.Phys.JETP