Photonic crystals have proven their potential and are nowadays a familiar concept. They
have been approached from many scientific and technological flanks. Among the many …

A tutorial discussion of the propagation of waves in random media is presented. To a first
approximation the transport of the multiple scattered waves is given by diffusion theory, but …

Among the unusual transport properties predicted for disordered materials is the Anderson
localization phenomenon. This is a disorder-induced phase transition in the electron …

This volume provides a thorough treatment of multiple scattering of light and other
electromagnetic radiation in media composed of randomly and sparsely positioned particles …

This educational work presents a new approach towards resonant interaction between
classical light and matter. The interaction between light and matter is considered from three …

Whiteness arises from diffuse and broadband reflection of light typically achieved through
optical scattering in randomly structured media. In contrast to structural colour due to …

The authors present a closed formulation of resonant point scatterers for classical-wave
propagation problems. A Green's-function approach is employed in which all the small …

The mechanism of enhancing the light harvesting efficiency of dye-sensitized TiO2 solar
cells by coupling TiO2 inverse opals or disordered scattering layers to conventional …

Fluorescence microscopic imaging is widely used in biomedical research to study molecular
and cellular processes in cell culture or tissue samples. This is motivated by the high …

The effects of short-range interparticle correlations on the multiple scattering of light in
colloidal suspensions are studied. Our measurements, and comparisons with theory, of the …