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American Physical Society, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 18(55), p. R11911-R11914, 1997

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.55.r11911

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Backscattering from perfectly reflective random media

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Abstract

A theoretical analysis of wave scattering from perfectly reflective random media is developed from general postulates of invariance. Based on only the assumptions of flux conservation and time-reversal invariance, we use random matrix theory to calculate the average reflection coefficients as well as the correlation function between them. As a consequence, enhanced coherent backscattering is obtained. The predicted behavior of the correlations differs substantially from that obtained for the case of semiballistic or diffusive transport.