Mirror Symmetry in three-dimensional Multiple-Scattering Media

Sudhir K. Saini; Evangelos Marakis; Kayleigh Start; Gerwin Osnabrugge; Ivo M. Vellekoop; Pepijn W.H. Pinkse

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Mirror Symmetry in three-dimensional Multiple-Scattering Media

Sudhir K. Saini, Evangelos Marakis, Kayleigh Start, Gerwin Osnabrugge, Ivo M. Vellekoop, Pepijn W.H. Pinkse

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We investigate the effect of a mirror-symmetry plane in multiple-scattering media under plane-wave illumination along the symmetry plane. Designed and fabricated samples' optical transport properties are compared quantitatively with three-dimensional modeling. Strong polarization-dependent deviations of the bulk speckle-averaged intensity distribution at the symmetry plane are observed, showing either up to a factor 2 enhancement or complete suppression of the ensemble-averaged intensities. We derive analytical expressions for the ensemble-averaged intensity profiles near the symmetry plane. Apart from their interest to fundamental light propagation studies, applications of mirror-symmetric scattering media are envisioned in anticounterfeiting.

Original language	English
Article number	223802
Pages (from-to)	232-239
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	133
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.223802
Publication status	Published - 26 Nov 2024

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Saini, S. K., Marakis, E., Start, K., Osnabrugge, G., Vellekoop, I. M. & Pinkse, P. W. H., 7 Oct 2023, ArXiv.org, 18 p.
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